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

  1. 53% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 20% in the last 7 days.
  2. The largest category is sales jobs, with 342 open jobs (17% of the total).
  3. Huzzle has the most openings: 163 (8.1%). The top 15 employers hold 41% of all open jobs.
  4. Cape Town has 16% of open jobs in South Africa (327 jobs).
  5. 48% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (562 of 1,176).
  6. The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 2, 2026, with 85 new jobs.

2New jobs per day

New jobs per day, South AfricaColumn chart of open jobs by posting date from September 16, 2026 to October 15, 2026, 1,075 jobs in total. The busiest day was October 2, 2026, with 85 jobs. 020406080100Sep 16: 3636Sep 17: 5555Sep 18: 4141Sep 19: 1515Sep 20: 1616Sep 20Sep 21: 2525Sep 22: 2727Sep 23: 3232Sep 24: 99Sep 25: 2222Sep 25Sep 26: 33Sep 27: 1010Sep 28: 2727Sep 29: 2222Sep 30: 1414Sep 30Oct 1: 4444Oct 2: 8585Oct 3: 1414Oct 4: 77Oct 5: 2929Oct 5Oct 6: 4141Oct 7: 4242Oct 8: 5757Oct 9: 5454Oct 10: 4747Oct 10Oct 11: 3434Oct 12: 7070Oct 13: 6565Oct 14: 7373Oct 15: 5959Oct 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
1Huzzle1638.1%Business Development Executive - IT RecruitmentAgency Manager (Media & Marketing)Sales Development Representative - Digital Marketing Services
2VirtuHire1125.5%Recruitment Sales Consultant - Fully Remote, Cape Town - UK hoursGrowth & Retention ExecutiveMarketing & Operations Coordinator | US hours
3ReWorks Solutions793.9%Project ManagerCentral Reach Administrative CoordinatorAI Full-Stack Engineer
4Absa592.9%Manager ProjectSpecialist: Property Finance (FAIS)Lead Generator (Various Locations)
5Talent Shore582.9%Customer Marketing ManagerDigital Marketing SpecialistContent Marketing Manager
6Pavago502.5%Real Estate SpecialistBattery Specialist B2B Phone Sales RepresentativeFinance Manager
7Hirehangar492.4%Customer Support Representative (financial background)Growth Marketing Manager - BPOGrowth Marketing Manager
8D2B442.2%AP - Executive Assistant | Remote South AfriaFire Alarm Design and Estimating EngineerAP - Appointment Setter - Outbound Sales & Lead Generation | South Africa (Remot
9Remote Recruitment402%Credit Control SpecialistData AdministratorScheduling Coordinator
10Jonsson Workwear351.7%Visual MerchandiserAdmin SupportFloor Customer Advisor
11ARVO331.6%Operations CoordinatorMedia Buyer & Performance AnalystE-commerce Executive
12SPARK Schools321.6%Primary School - School Operations Coordinator - SPARK Blue Downs - 2026Receptionist (FTC) - SPARK Schools Support Office - 2026Talent Pool: High School Educators - 2026
13Assist World291.4%General Manager (GM) - Elite sports medicine & human performance clinicOperations & Marketing Implementation Specialist (MedSpa Consulting)Digital Marketing Virtual Assistant (Real Estate Focus)
14Haldren Group281.4%Executive Assistant, Leadership Team Support - Process ImprovementSenior Executive Assistant (Partner Support) - Market MappingSenior Recruitment Consultant, Interim Talent - Stakeholder Management
15A24 Group241.2%Sales Recruitment ConsultantSales Recruitment Consultant (Cape Town)Primary Supply Teachers - Day-to-Day and Long-Term

4Jobs by category

Open jobs by category, South AfricaBar chart of open jobs by category. The largest is Sales jobs, with 342 jobs.Sales jobs342Marketing jobs240Software jobs183Operations jobs172Other163Finance jobs137HR jobs110Customer support jobs107

5Top cities

CityOpen jobsShare
Cape Town32716%
Johannesburg21611%
Pretoria301.5%
Centurion251.2%
Umhlanga201%
Durban160.8%
Sandton120.6%
Randburg110.5%
Gauteng110.5%
Blue Downs110.5%

6Data sources

SourceOpen jobsShareMarks remote jobs
Workable82941%No
Himalayas53927%Yes
Workday25513%Yes
Greenhouse1447.1%Yes
Ashby954.7%Yes
BambooHR643.2%Yes
TimesJobs412%Yes
Recruitee281.4%Yes
Oracle Recruiting160.8%No
Lever40.2%Yes
Lever EU40.2%Yes
Personio20.1%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

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