JobRise Hiring Report · October 2026

Hiring in the United Kingdom

Published October 14, 2026 · Data as of October 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM UTC

Open jobs29,081
New in the last 7 days8,22028% of open jobs
New in the last 30 days20,12969% of open jobs
Remote share2.9%of 18,146 jobs from sources that mark remote work

1Key findings

  1. 69% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 28% in the last 7 days.
  2. The largest category is healthcare jobs, with 2,644 open jobs (9.1% of the total).
  3. AECOM has the most openings: 1,351 (4.6%). The top 15 employers hold 26% of all open jobs.
  4. London has 24% of open jobs in the United Kingdom (6,966 jobs).
  5. 2.9% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (531 of 18,146).
  6. The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 14, 2026, with 4,226 new jobs.

2New jobs per day

New jobs per day, the United KingdomColumn chart of open jobs by posting date from September 15, 2026 to October 14, 2026, 20,129 jobs in total. The busiest day was October 14, 2026, with 4,226 jobs. 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000Sep 15: 301301Sep 16: 163163Sep 17: 257257Sep 18: 231231Sep 19: 1010Sep 19Sep 20: 1313Sep 21: 176176Sep 22: 292292Sep 23: 261261Sep 24: 231231Sep 24Sep 25: 209209Sep 26: 55Sep 27: 44Sep 28: 290290Sep 29: 374374Sep 29Sep 30: 430430Oct 1: 581581Oct 2: 3,2603,260Oct 3: 2727Oct 4: 1111Oct 4Oct 5: 646646Oct 6: 3,4383,438Oct 7: 699699Oct 8: 789789Oct 9: 806806Oct 9Oct 10: 284284Oct 11: 101101Oct 12: 841841Oct 13: 1,1731,173Oct 14: 4,2264,226Oct 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
1AECOM1,3514.6%Senior Cost Manager (Infrastructure Construction Consultancy)Estimator (Infrastructure Construction Consultancy)Senior OLE Design Engineer
2Turner & Townsend1,0973.8%Programme Governance, PMO & Advisory ConsultantProgramme Governance, PMO & Advisory ConsultantProgramme Governance, PMO & Advisory Consultant
3City and County Healthcare Group Ltd8032.8%Complex Care AssistantComplex Care AssistantNurse
4WSH Group6612.3%Caterlink - Catering ManagerManagerCaterlink - Catering Manager
5Reed6332.2%Management AccountantProcurement AssistantSupply Teacher
6Ivcevidensia4721.6%Veterinary RadiographerOut of Hours Veterinary NurseLead Veterinary Surgeon - Emergency Out of Hours
7Tuftsmedicine3931.4%Academic General Internal Medicine Physician - Boston, MAGuest Services Representative- Weekend Only - Friday 3PM-Sunday 3PMSenior Manager Talent Acquisition Tufts Medical Center
8AccorHotel3611.2%Night Team MemberPeople & Culture CoordinatorFront Office Supervisor
9ASSYSTEM3321.1%Environmental Compliance SpecialistCommissioning Engineer - EnvironmentalCDE Coordinator
10Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited3321.1%Financial ControllerFinancial AccountantProperty Damage Lawyer NQ-2 PQE
11Jobs for Humanity3031%Registered NurseSenior HR AdvisorOnline Data Analyst - English (UK)
12ITOL Recruit2510.9%Trainee Information Security Operations AnalystTrainee Information Security Operations AnalystTrainee Cyber Defence Analyst
13Academics2470.8%Behaviour Support AssistantBehaviour Support AssistantSEN Teaching Assistant
14Culina Group2410.8%HGV Class 1 ShunterHGV Class 1 DriverWarehouse Operative (4 on 4 off Nights)
15Appcastenterprise1930.7%Nursery Room LeaderTeaching AssistantEmployment Specialist

4Jobs by category

Open jobs by category, the United KingdomBar chart of open jobs by category. The largest is Other, with 4,203 jobs.Other4,203Healthcare jobs2,644Sales jobs2,631Operations jobs2,367Engineering jobs2,217Software jobs2,019Finance jobs1,797Logistics jobs1,281
CategoryOpen jobsShare
Other4,20314%
Healthcare jobs2,6449.1%
Sales jobs2,6319%
Operations jobs2,3678.1%
Engineering jobs2,2177.6%
Software jobs2,0196.9%
Finance jobs1,7976.2%
Logistics jobs1,2814.4%
Education jobs1,2264.2%
Admin jobs1,0523.6%
Hospitality jobs9893.4%
Internships8953.1%
Marketing jobs8512.9%
Data & AI jobs8422.9%
Skilled trades jobs7402.5%
Construction jobs7252.5%
Design jobs6502.2%
Customer support jobs6152.1%
HR jobs5641.9%
Retail jobs4221.5%
Manufacturing jobs3511.2%

5Top cities

CityOpen jobsShare
London6,96624%
Manchester7932.7%
Birmingham6652.3%
Bristol5531.9%
Glasgow4551.6%
Leeds4031.4%
Edinburgh3381.2%
Cambridge2961%
Belfast2460.8%
Reading2420.8%

6Data sources

SourceOpen jobsShareMarks remote jobs
Reed9,63533%No
SmartRecruiters8,29529%Yes
Workday2,8309.7%Yes
Workable Search2,1277.3%Yes
Workable1,2514.3%No
Arbeitnow1,0313.5%Yes
Greenhouse9823.4%Yes
Ashby7312.5%Yes
Lever EU6752.3%Yes
Teamtailor3991.4%Yes
Lever2961%Yes
BambooHR2670.9%Yes
Recruitee2150.7%Yes
Personio1050.4%Yes
Himalayas1010.3%Yes
TimesJobs840.3%Yes
Adzuna480.2%No
Breezy40%Yes
Jobicy20%Yes
RemoteOK20%Yes
MyCareersFuture10%No

7How we count

  • Sources: employers' career pages and public job APIs, collected by JobRise. Largest sources in this report: Reed (9,635), SmartRecruiters (8,295), Workday (2,830), Workable Search (2,127), Workable (1,251).
  • 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 6:50 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 (1,430 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): 18,146 of the 29,081 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/united-kingdom/