Pulse
Thursday 1 October 2026
New postings
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| Day | New postings |
|---|---|
| 4 Sept | no data |
| 5 Sept | no data |
| 6 Sept | no data |
| 7 Sept | no data |
| 8 Sept | no data |
| 9 Sept | no data |
| 10 Sept | no data |
| 11 Sept | 3,407 |
| 12 Sept | 1,467 |
| 13 Sept | 1,472 |
| 14 Sept | 3,996 |
| 15 Sept | 4,637 |
| 16 Sept | 3,213 |
| 17 Sept | 3,332 |
| 18 Sept | 3,578 |
| 19 Sept | 1,180 |
| 20 Sept | 668 |
| 21 Sept | 3,002 |
| 22 Sept | 3,064 |
| 23 Sept | 2,904 |
| 24 Sept | 2,871 |
| 25 Sept | 2,977 |
| 26 Sept | 779 |
| 27 Sept | 493 |
| 28 Sept | 2,905 |
| 29 Sept | 3,050 |
| 30 Sept | 2,684 |
| 1 Oct | 3,204 |
Cantons
Switzerland: 3,193 new postings
Choose a canton on the map or below to see its day.
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| Canton | Latest day | Against usual |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 765 | +13 |
| Bern | 375 | −2 |
| Vaud | 263 | No comparison: we changed how we collect postings, so this isn't compared across the change. |
| Genève | 238 | +27 |
| Aargau | 182 | +4 |
| Luzern | 140 | −10 |
| St. Gallen | 115 | +6 |
| Basel-Stadt | 109 | −15 |
| Fribourg | 104 | +25 |
| Valais | 97 | +6 |
| Zug | 86 | +2 |
| Thurgau | 79 | +19 |
| Solothurn | 71 | −9 |
| Graubünden | 54 | −4 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 53 | −14 |
| Neuchâtel | 53 | +2 |
| Ticino | 51 | +3 |
| Schaffhausen | 32 | +4 |
| Schwyz | 21 | −9 |
| Jura | 16 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Nidwalden | 15 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Obwalden | 10 | No comparison: we changed how we collect postings, so this isn't compared across the change. |
| Uri | 8 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Glarus | 5 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
Colour and number are the same figure: each canton's new postings, in five equal-sized groups of cantons. The figures are a frozen snapshot; the live Market page can differ slightly. Postings whose canton we couldn't tell aren't on the map. Boundaries: swisstopo swissBOUNDARIES3D.
Departments · share of classified postings
Points show the change in a department's share against the average of the previous ten working days.
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| Department | Postings | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, Nursing & Care | 292 | 9.1% | +1.3 pt |
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | 257 | 8.0% | −0.6 pt |
| Office, Administration & Customer Service | 257 | 8.0% | +0.7 pt |
| Retail | 233 | 7.3% | +1.0 pt |
| IT Infrastructure, Security & Support | 177 | 5.5% | −0.8 pt |
| Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive | 162 | 5.1% | +0.4 pt |
| Management & Consulting | 151 | 4.7% | −0.2 pt |
| Sales & Business Development | 139 | 4.4% | −0.7 pt |
Top roles · new postings
Roles with at least 20 new postings that day. Counts only: most roles are too small for a fair day-to-day comparison.
Workload
- 50% Full-time (100%) roles
- 34% Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)
- 16% Part-time roles (below 100%)
Of 1,516 postings that state a workload; 1,677 more state none.
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| Workload | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time (100%) roles | 759 | 50% |
| Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%) | 515 | 34% |
| Part-time roles (below 100%) | 242 | 16% |
New postings by posting date (Europe/Zurich), counted at 06:30 the next morning, deduplicated (one title from one employer counts once a day), without staffing agencies and aggregators, across the boards JobHiker tracks. Index 100 = the average of the previous 10 working days.