JobRise Hiring Report · October 2026
Hiring in South Africa
Published October 15, 2026 · Data as of October 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM UTC
Open jobs2,021
New in the last 7 days40220% of open jobs
New in the last 30 days1,07553% of open jobs
Remote share48%of 1,176 jobs from sources that mark remote work
1Key findings
- 53% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 20% in the last 7 days.
- The largest category is sales jobs, with 342 open jobs (17% of the total).
- Huzzle has the most openings: 163 (8.1%). The top 15 employers hold 41% of all open jobs.
- Cape Town has 16% of open jobs in South Africa (327 jobs).
- 48% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (562 of 1,176).
- The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 2, 2026, with 85 new jobs.
2New jobs per day
3Top hiring companies
4Jobs by category
| Category | Open jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sales jobs | 342 | 17% |
| Marketing jobs | 240 | 12% |
| Software jobs | 183 | 9.1% |
| Operations jobs | 172 | 8.5% |
| Other | 163 | 8.1% |
| Finance jobs | 137 | 6.8% |
| HR jobs | 110 | 5.4% |
| Customer support jobs | 107 | 5.3% |
| Healthcare jobs | 104 | 5.1% |
| Data & AI jobs | 98 | 4.8% |
| Admin jobs | 90 | 4.5% |
| Education jobs | 60 | 3% |
| Design jobs | 51 | 2.5% |
| Engineering jobs | 38 | 1.9% |
| Logistics jobs | 25 | 1.2% |
| Internships | 23 | 1.1% |
| Manufacturing jobs | 21 | 1% |
| Retail jobs | 19 | 0.9% |
| Hospitality jobs | 18 | 0.9% |
| Skilled trades jobs | 11 | 0.5% |
| Construction jobs | 9 | 0.4% |
5Top cities
| City | Open jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | 327 | 16% |
| Johannesburg | 216 | 11% |
| Pretoria | 30 | 1.5% |
| Centurion | 25 | 1.2% |
| Umhlanga | 20 | 1% |
| Durban | 16 | 0.8% |
| Sandton | 12 | 0.6% |
| Randburg | 11 | 0.5% |
| Gauteng | 11 | 0.5% |
| Blue Downs | 11 | 0.5% |
6Data sources
| Source | Open jobs | Share | Marks remote jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workable | 829 | 41% | No |
| Himalayas | 539 | 27% | Yes |
| Workday | 255 | 13% | Yes |
| Greenhouse | 144 | 7.1% | Yes |
| Ashby | 95 | 4.7% | Yes |
| BambooHR | 64 | 3.2% | Yes |
| TimesJobs | 41 | 2% | Yes |
| Recruitee | 28 | 1.4% | Yes |
| Oracle Recruiting | 16 | 0.8% | No |
| Lever | 4 | 0.2% | Yes |
| Lever EU | 4 | 0.2% | Yes |
| Personio | 2 | 0.1% | Yes |
7How we count
- Sources: employers' career pages and public job APIs, collected by JobRise. Largest sources in this report: Workable (829), Himalayas (539), Workday (255), Greenhouse (144), Ashby (95).
- 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 (105 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): 1,176 of the 2,021 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
Copy and paste:
Source: JobRise Hiring Report, October 2026, jobrise.io/en/reports/hiring/south-africa/