JobRise Hiring Report · October 2026

Hiring in New Zealand

Published October 15, 2026 · Data as of October 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTC

Open jobs1,684
New in the last 7 days17210% of open jobs
New in the last 30 days54032% of open jobs
Remote share5.4%of 1,401 jobs from sources that mark remote work

1Key findings

  1. 32% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 10% in the last 7 days.
  2. The largest category is healthcare jobs, with 281 open jobs (17% of the total).
  3. Memorial Healthcare has the most openings: 569 (34%). The top 15 employers hold 69% of all open jobs.
  4. Auckland has 30% of open jobs in New Zealand (502 jobs).
  5. 5.4% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (76 of 1,401).
  6. The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 15, 2026, with 35 new jobs.

2New jobs per day

New jobs per day, New ZealandColumn chart of open jobs by posting date from September 16, 2026 to October 15, 2026, 540 jobs in total. The busiest day was October 15, 2026, with 35 jobs. 010203040Sep 16: 1111Sep 17: 1818Sep 18: 1515Sep 19: 22Sep 20: 11Sep 20Sep 21: 1919Sep 22: 1313Sep 23: 99Sep 24: 1111Sep 25: 1717Sep 25Sep 26: 11Sep 27: 66Sep 28: 2323Sep 29: 2424Sep 30: 1616Sep 30Oct 1: 2020Oct 2: 2121Oct 3: 55Oct 4: 1414Oct 5: 2727Oct 5Oct 6: 3333Oct 7: 3131Oct 8: 3131Oct 9: 3434Oct 10: 55Oct 10Oct 11: 66Oct 12: 3030Oct 13: 3434Oct 14: 2828Oct 15: 3535Oct 15 Date posted (UTC) New jobs
Open jobs by the date they were posted. The last bar is a partial day.

3Top hiring companies

#CompanyOpen jobsShareLatest roles
1Memorial Healthcare56934%Respiratory Therapist II - FT - Nights - $20K Sign on Bonus - MRHClinical Pharmacist - Per Diem - Varied Shifts - MHWClinical Educator Pediatric Echocardiography - FT - Days - Up to $15K Sign on Bonus - JDCH
2Halter17811%Product Support ManagerCX Technical Specialist - PlatformElectronics Engineer
3Rocket Lab Corporation985.8%Junior Software EngineerSenior Integrated Operations Engineer - Team YJunior Manufacturing Engineer
4Ara Poutama Aotearoa (Department of Corrections)573.4%Adviser Monitoring Agency RelationshipsProject Coordinator ConstructionAssistant Health Centre Manager - Northland Region Corrections Facility
5Zuru523.1%Social & Content Manager - ToysIntegrated ProducerCommercial Summer Internship 2026/2027
6Datacom402.4%Graduate Account Coordinator (Data Centres)CONTRACT - Senior Integration Engineer - C#Senior Developer .NET C#
7EHR261.5%Multimedia DesignerOpen Positions – 2026 Campus RecruitmentJunior Talent Acquisition Analyst
8NZ Ministry of Justice251.5%Test AnalystLead Communications AdvisorAdvisor
9Ministry of Social Development241.4%Case Manager | Central Bay of Plenty - RotoruaSenior Policy Analyst | PermanentSupport Officer | Wellington
10Partly Com211.2%Account Executive, NZ, RepairerPrincipal Software EngineerNetwork Supply Manager
11Xero161%Junior AccountantCustomer Experience Data Analyst - MelioFinancial Accountant
12Abbott150.9%Sampling SpecialistReliability TechnicianBatch Release Auditor
13Heinz140.8%Senior HR Business PartnerProduction Planning NZ SME - SAPManufacturing Quality NZ SME - SAP
14Capgemini130.8%SAP Technical Consultant - SAP BasisDynamics 365 Developer - Customer EngagementSAP PSCD / FI-CA Senior Consultant
15Vista Group130.8%Head of People & Culture Business PartneringSupport Specialist - PlatformSenior Test Engineer (Platform)

4Jobs by category

Open jobs by category, New ZealandBar chart of open jobs by category. The largest is Other, with 385 jobs.Other385Healthcare jobs281Sales jobs177Software jobs147Operations jobs116Engineering jobs83Skilled trades jobs75Marketing jobs65

5Top cities

6Data sources

SourceOpen jobsShareMarks remote jobs
Workday74544%Yes
Ashby28917%Yes
Workable1418.4%No
BambooHR1307.7%Yes
NZ Government Jobs1297.7%No
Greenhouse1247.4%Yes
Himalayas663.9%Yes
TimesJobs231.4%Yes
Teamtailor181.1%Yes
Capgemini130.8%No
Personio50.3%Yes
Recruitee10.1%Yes

7How we count

  • Sources: employers' career pages and public job APIs, collected by JobRise. Largest sources in this report: Workday (745), Ashby (289), Workable (141), BambooHR (130), NZ Government Jobs (129).
  • Duplicates are removed: a role listed on several sources is counted once, matched on company and job title.
  • Counts are of jobs open on October 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTC. Each job counts once, in the country of its location, or as remote. A country's remote share counts remote roles limited to applicants in that country.
  • A job listed in several places counts once, in the country of the first place listed. Jobs whose source gives no single country count only in the global report.
  • New jobs use the employer's posting date. If the employer gives none, or a later "updated" date, we use the date JobRise first saw the listing. Listings already live when tracking began on October 14, 2026 have no known date (756 jobs here) and are left out of new-job counts. Daily counts include only jobs still open, so older days are undercounted. Days are UTC calendar days and the last day is partial.
  • Remote share counts only jobs from sources that mark whether a job is remote (see Data sources): 1,401 of the 1,684 jobs here.
  • Categories come from the job title and department, using keyword rules. Roles that match no rule are counted as Other.
  • Company names are shown as listed. Staffing agencies count as the employer named on the posting.

8Cite this report

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Source: JobRise Hiring Report, October 2026, jobrise.io/en/reports/hiring/new-zealand/