Arianegroup posts 119 roles as hiring falls 39% on October 18

By Find your role first team · October 18, 2026, 23:20 UTC

Hiring activity for the 24 hours to 23:20 UTC on October 18, 2026, saw 1214 new roles, a 39% decrease compared to the previous day across the same companies. Arianegroup led with 119 new roles, marking a significant increase from its previous day's activity.

A total of 400 companies posted new roles. Other companies with notable increases included GSK with 30 new roles and Micron with 19 new roles, up from just 1 the day before. Cisco also increased its postings to 21 new roles from 10.

Engineering remained the top team for new roles with 219 positions, followed by Data and AI with 105 roles. Finance, legal and people saw 79 new roles. Accenture posted 19 engineering roles, while EY had 10 in Data and AI.

Example roles include an "Analyst - Forensics" at EY, a "Junior Sales Development Representative (SDR)" at Clera, and an "Associate Director, Product Owner" at GSK. Amazon listed a "System Development Engineer, Network Core" and Cisco posted an "IT Software Engineer."

The numbers for October 18 suggest a general cooling in hiring. Job seekers may find more opportunities in specific companies like Arianegroup, GSK, and Micron, which showed increased activity, and in teams such as Engineering and Data and AI.

Companies posting the most

A few of the new roles

• Analyst - Forensics - National - ASU - Forensics - Investigations & Compliance - MumbaiEY · Mumbai, MH, India
• Junior Sales Development Representative (SDR), SEO Tools (m/f/d)Clera · Munich
• Associate Director, Product Owner - Global Mobility RestructuringGSK · Bengaluru Luxor North Tower
• System Development Engineer, Network CoreAmazon · Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
• IT Software EngineerCisco · Krakow, Poland
• Cloud Platform EngineerAccenture · Bengaluru

Full numbers for this day, by team, with CSV