JobRise Hiring Report · October 2026

Hiring in South Korea

Published October 14, 2026 · Data as of October 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM UTC

Open jobs1,224
New in the last 7 days17014% of open jobs
New in the last 30 days46138% of open jobs
Remote share5.4%of 1,185 jobs from sources that mark remote work

1Key findings

  1. 38% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 14% in the last 7 days.
  2. The largest category is sales jobs, with 169 open jobs (14% of the total).
  3. Coupang has the most openings: 282 (23%). The top 15 employers hold 57% of all open jobs.
  4. Seoul has 58% of open jobs in South Korea (708 jobs).
  5. 5.4% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (64 of 1,185).
  6. The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 12, 2026, with 46 new jobs.

2New jobs per day

New jobs per day, South KoreaColumn chart of open jobs by posting date from September 15, 2026 to October 14, 2026, 461 jobs in total. The busiest day was October 12, 2026, with 46 jobs. 01020304050Sep 15: 1717Sep 16: 2020Sep 17: 1818Sep 18: 1717Sep 19: 11Sep 19Sep 20: 66Sep 21: 1818Sep 22: 2424Sep 23: 2020Sep 24: 66Sep 24Sep 25: 77Sep 26: 00Sep 27: 11Sep 28: 2828Sep 29: 2020Sep 29Sep 30: 1313Oct 1: 1616Oct 2: 2121Oct 3: 11Oct 4: 00Oct 4Oct 5: 55Oct 6: 1919Oct 7: 1313Oct 8: 3030Oct 9: 1111Oct 9Oct 10: 22Oct 11: 88Oct 12: 4646Oct 13: 4141Oct 14: 3232Oct 14 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
1Coupang28223%Director, Cybersecurity Audit & Continuous Assurance[Coupang Ads] Senior Back-end Engineer (ACI Intelligence)[쿠팡이츠서비스] 배달 협력사 운영 관리 담당자 (Sr.Region Management)
242dot756.1%SDV Vehicle Connect Software Engineer (C++ / Rust)Reinforcement Learning Engineer (Autonomous Driving)AI Agent Engineer (Autonomous Driving)
3KRAFTON534.3%[Palworld Mobile] System Designer (3년 이상)[AI Transformation Dept.] Sr. Data Analytics Specialist (7년 이상)[Palworld Mobile] 개발 PM (3년 이상)
4Google373%Growth Manager, App Sales (English, Korean)Strategic Partner Manager (Fixed-Term Contract) (English, Korean)Measurement Specialist, Large Customer Sales (English, Korean)
5JLL302.5%Concierge 사원대리급 (강남 근무)Mechanical Engineer 기계 엔지니어 (과장급)Facilities Coordinator 사원대리급 (상암동 근무)
6KLA282.3%SBU ECI Customer Support EngineerSKBU account managerCustomer Support Engineer (Dongtan/Pyeongtaek - 인재DB등록)
7Entegris262.1%Director, Margin Expansion and ProfitabilityEngineer I, Field ServicesSenior Engineer Sustaining Process Engineering
8Hitachi221.8%Communications Specialist (Temporary/육아휴직대체)Manufacturing Production Workers Experienced Para-ProfessionalProduction Scheduler (Temporary)
9IQVIA221.8%Job Posting Title Freelance- Translators/Linguists, English into KoreanClinical Trials Assistant (1 Year Contract)Site Payment Associate (Contract)
10Medtronic221.8%Sales Representative, Ear Nose Throat (ENT)Sales RepresentativeSenior Facilities Admin Specialist
11Ulatus211.7%Freelance Translators and Checkers - Korean to English - Computer ScienceFreelance Translators/Checkers - Korean to English - BioscienceFreelance Translators/Checkers - Korean to English - Surgery
12Nike201.6%Senior Principal, NVS Korea (Director-level, Outlet Retail Business)Athlete 40FT (대구)Athlete 40FT (부산)
13Danaher191.6%Sales RepresentativeSales Manager, Life Science & Industrial EM Sample Prep SolutionsManaging Director, North Asia / Korea
14Nvidia191.6%Developer Technology Engineer - AISenior Omniverse Engineer, Physical Simulation, Digital Twins and RoboticsSenior Public Relations Manager
15TransPerfect191.6%Thyme Freelance Writer - Korean (South Korea)Senior Localization Manager – Product Operations & Global ExpansionAccount Manager

4Jobs by category

Open jobs by category, South KoreaBar chart of open jobs by category. The largest is Other, with 231 jobs.Other231Sales jobs169Software jobs141Engineering jobs132Data & AI jobs102Marketing jobs101Operations jobs89Customer support jobs42
CategoryOpen jobsShare
Other23119%
Sales jobs16914%
Software jobs14112%
Engineering jobs13211%
Data & AI jobs1028.3%
Marketing jobs1018.3%
Operations jobs897.3%
Customer support jobs423.4%
Healthcare jobs423.4%
Finance jobs383.1%
Design jobs242%
HR jobs242%
Skilled trades jobs211.7%
Logistics jobs151.2%
Admin jobs141.1%
Internships121%
Manufacturing jobs110.9%
Hospitality jobs50.4%
Retail jobs50.4%
Construction jobs30.2%
Education jobs30.2%

5Top cities

CityOpen jobsShare
Seoul70858%
Pangyo766.2%
GYEONGGI-DO231.9%
Republic of181.5%
Hwaseong-si151.2%
Cheonan-si141.1%
Suwon-si121%
Busan110.9%
KOR90.7%
z-Test & Templates Only70.6%

6Data sources

SourceOpen jobsShareMarks remote jobs
Greenhouse44136%Yes
Workday41634%Yes
Ashby12810%Yes
TimesJobs957.8%Yes
Himalayas524.2%Yes
Lever242%Yes
Workable242%No
Recruitee191.6%Yes
Oracle Recruiting151.2%No
BambooHR50.4%Yes
Lever EU10.1%Yes
RemoteOK10.1%Yes
Taleo10.1%Yes
Teamtailor10.1%Yes
WorkingNomads10.1%Yes

7How we count

  • Sources: employers' career pages and public job APIs, collected by JobRise. Largest sources in this report: Greenhouse (441), Workday (416), Ashby (128), TimesJobs (95), Himalayas (52).
  • 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 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM 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 (232 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): 1,185 of the 1,224 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-korea/