Pulse

Monday 19 October 2026

Data & AI: new postings down 89% on the 10-working-day average
6 new postings · usual 55

New postings

1,369
1,369 new postings across the boards JobHiker tracks
Plus 13 from staffing agencies and aggregators, not counted.
Index 47 · 100 = the average of the previous 10 working days · −53%
22 Septring: one employer's batch, left out of comparisons19 Oct
Show the numbers
New postings per day, last 28 days
DayNew postings
22 Sept3,064
23 Sept2,904
24 Sept2,871
25 Sept2,977
26 Sept779
27 Sept493
28 Sept2,905
29 Sept3,050
30 Sept2,684
1 Oct3,204
2 Oct3,313
3 Oct963
4 Oct638
5 Oct3,185
6 Oct3,331
7 Oct3,547
8 Oct3,406
9 Oct3,201
10 Oct773
11 Oct483
12 Oct2,834
13 Oct2,736
14 Oct2,767
15 Oct2,806
16 Oct1,523
17 Oct548
18 Oct232
19 Oct1,372

Cantons

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Switzerland: 1,369 new postings

Choose a canton on the map or below to see its day.

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New postings by canton on the latest day
CantonLatest dayAgainst usual
Zürich307−388
Bern189−168
Vaud111−141
Genève83−143
Aargau77−98
Luzern69−64
Solothurn66−3
Basel-Stadt57−61
Neuchâtel42−19
St. Gallen40−54
Thurgau27−30
Basel-Landschaft26−29
Fribourg24−54
Valais24−58
Schaffhausen20−4
Zug16−52
Graubünden13−40
Schwyz9−25
Jura7No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Glarus5No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Obwalden5No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Nidwalden3No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Ticino3−43
Appenzell Ausserrhoden2No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Uri2No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Appenzell Innerrhoden0No 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

Medicine, Nursing & Care
16% (+7.6 pt)
Office, Administration & Customer Service
9% (+1.9 pt)
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
8% (−0.9 pt)
Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive
7% (+1.8 pt)
IT Infrastructure, Security & Support
6% (−0.8 pt)
Retail
5% (−0.7 pt)
Management & Consulting
4% (−0.8 pt)
Construction & Building Trades
4% (+1.3 pt)
All other departments
41%

Points show the change in a department's share against the average of the previous ten working days.

Show the numbers
Postings by department
DepartmentPostingsShareChange
Medicine, Nursing & Care21916.0%+7.6 pt
Office, Administration & Customer Service1259.1%+1.9 pt
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate1087.9%−0.9 pt
Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive896.5%+1.8 pt
IT Infrastructure, Security & Support785.7%−0.8 pt
Retail705.1%−0.7 pt
Management & Consulting584.2%−0.8 pt
Construction & Building Trades574.2%+1.3 pt

Top roles · new postings

Nurses and midwives
114
Commercial clerks (Kaufleute, Sachbearbeiter)
85
Healthcare assistants (FaGe, ASSC)
62
Shop sales assistants
48
Service and maintenance technicians
45

Roles with at least 20 new postings that day. Counts only: most roles are too small for a fair day-to-day comparison.

Workload

  • 48% Full-time (100%) roles
  • 38% Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)
  • 15% Part-time roles (below 100%)

Of 1,314 postings that state a workload; 55 more state none.

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Postings by advertised workload
WorkloadPostingsShare
Full-time (100%) roles62548%
Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)49338%
Part-time roles (below 100%)19615%

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.