Pulse
Thursday 8 October 2026
New postings
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| Day | New postings |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 Oct | 3,313 |
| 3 Oct | 963 |
| 4 Oct | 638 |
| 5 Oct | 3,185 |
| 6 Oct | 3,331 |
| 7 Oct | 3,547 |
| 8 Oct | 3,406 |
Cantons
Switzerland: 3,404 new postings
Choose a canton on the map or below to see its day.
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| Canton | Latest day | Against usual |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 846 | +110 |
| Bern | 451 | +68 |
| Vaud | 301 | +43 |
| Genève | 255 | +35 |
| Aargau | 188 | +17 |
| Luzern | 177 | +37 |
| Basel-Stadt | 139 | +19 |
| St. Gallen | 124 | +11 |
| Valais | 118 | +30 |
| Fribourg | 80 | −12 |
| Zug | 64 | −13 |
| Neuchâtel | 62 | −3 |
| Solothurn | 62 | −23 |
| Graubünden | 57 | −2 |
| Thurgau | 52 | −13 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 46 | −25 |
| Ticino | 41 | −6 |
| Schwyz | 35 | +2 |
| Schaffhausen | 30 | +2 |
| Nidwalden | 13 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Obwalden | 12 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Jura | 10 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Uri | 9 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Glarus | 8 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 4 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | 317 | 9.5% | +0.6 pt |
| Medicine, Nursing & Care | 305 | 9.1% | +1.1 pt |
| Office, Administration & Customer Service | 237 | 7.1% | −0.4 pt |
| IT Infrastructure, Security & Support | 204 | 6.1% | −0.2 pt |
| Management & Consulting | 175 | 5.2% | +0.4 pt |
| Retail | 175 | 5.2% | −1.1 pt |
| Sales & Business Development | 169 | 5.0% | +0.2 pt |
| Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive | 129 | 3.8% | −1.1 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
- 36% Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)
- 14% Part-time roles (below 100%)
Of 1,439 postings that state a workload; 1,965 more state none.
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| Workload | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time (100%) roles | 719 | 50% |
| Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%) | 515 | 36% |
| Part-time roles (below 100%) | 205 | 14% |
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.