Job Market Pulse
Job Market Pulse — November 2026
Data retrieved November 1, 2026 UTC · sixth edition
A dated snapshot of the job postings dataset behind the API — read first-party from 13 applicant tracking systems, normalized into one schema. Active postings pulled back to 254,204 (−9,845 vs October), reversing October's rebound; hiring companies edged down to 25,767 (−391 vs October). Remote share recovered 1.0 percentage point to 23.2%; salary disclosure rose 1.5pp to 34.3%. Free to read, free to cite.
The numbers
Active postings
254,204
−9,845 vs October
Hiring companies
25,767
−391 vs October
Salary disclosed
34.3%
+1.5pp vs October
Remote share
23.2%
+1.0pp vs October
Where the jobs are
The eight largest role categories by active postings, each a queryable filter on the API.
| Category | Active postings | Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering | 30,291 | 34.4% |
| Business & Operations | 25,634 | 25.7% |
| Healthcare | 23,785 | 9.4% |
| Sales & Account Management | 19,984 | 39.7% |
| Skilled Trades & Field Roles | 17,484 | 5.8% |
| Hospitality & Retail | 12,419 | 3.7% |
| Finance, Legal & Compliance | 12,333 | 28.1% |
| Engineering (Non-Software) | 9,807 | 18.1% |
The top eight categories hold 151,737 postings — 59.7% of all 254,204 active listings. Software Engineering leads at 30,291 postings, 11.9% of the total, down 720 from October's 31,011. Healthcare fell 2,595 month over month to 23,785, the largest absolute category decline this period; Business & Operations gained 173 to reach 25,634, one of only two top-8 categories to post a gain alongside Engineering (Non-Software), up 317.
Remote availability continues to split sharply by role type. Sales & Account Management (39.7%) and Software Engineering (34.4%) run well above the dataset-wide 23.2% remote share, while Hospitality & Retail (3.7%) and Skilled Trades & Field Roles (5.8%) remain nearly entirely on-site.
Top 10 countries: United States (122,506) · United Kingdom (16,926) · France (10,878) · Canada (10,014) · Germany (9,725) · India (6,631) · The Netherlands (5,604) · Australia (3,911) · Spain (3,607) · Sweden (3,146)
Canada (10,014) edged ahead of Germany (9,725) to claim fourth place, swapping positions from October. The United Kingdom fell 4,311 postings to 16,926, the largest absolute country decline this period. Sweden re-entered the top 10 at tenth (3,146), replacing Brazil which stood at 3,120 in October.
Remote work
23.2% of active postings are marked remote, up 1.0 percentage point from October's 22.2%. The figure is derived from the structured location resolved on each posting rather than from free-text title matching. A posting only counts as remote when its resolved location says so, making this a floor on real remote availability — what employers actually declare.
The category breakdown in the table above continues to show the same structural pattern: remote share concentrates in knowledge-work roles (Software Engineering at 34.4%, Sales & Account Management at 39.7%) and stays near zero in location-dependent categories. The dataset-wide rate reflects that mix rather than a uniform shift across all role types.
Pay transparency
34.3% of active postings disclose a salary, up 1.5 percentage points from October's 32.8%. The figure reflects only what employers actually publish — salary is never inferred or estimated — so it is a floor on real pay transparency, not a model of it.
This is a single dataset-wide rate. The breakdown does not carry disclosure per category, so this edition reports the global number only and makes no per-category claim. The rate has now recovered to its July–August level after two months at or below the 32–33% band, returning to the 34% range last seen in September 2026.
Method & citation
- Computed directly from the live Job Listings API dataset — the same records the API returns.
- Counts cover a rolling 21-day active window; postings older than that drop out.
- Read first-party from 13 applicant tracking systems, never scraped from aggregators.
- LinkedIn is not a source and is not included in any figure here.
- Salary disclosure reflects what employers actually post — salary is never inferred or estimated.
- Remote share is derived from the structured location resolved on each posting.
- Figures are a one-time snapshot retrieved November 1, 2026 UTC; they are not refreshed after publication.
Cite this report
Journalists and researchers: cite freely with a link.
Job Listings API — Job Market Pulse, November 2026. https://joblistingsapi.com/stats/reports/november-2026