Pulse
Wednesday 21 October 2026
New postings
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| Day | New postings |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 9 Oct | 3,201 |
| 10 Oct | 773 |
| 11 Oct | 483 |
| 12 Oct | 2,834 |
| 13 Oct | 2,736 |
| 14 Oct | 2,767 |
| 15 Oct | 2,806 |
| 16 Oct | 1,523 |
| 17 Oct | 548 |
| 18 Oct | 232 |
| 19 Oct | 1,372 |
| 20 Oct | 1,194 |
| 21 Oct | 1,620 |
Cantons
Switzerland: 1,209 new postings
Choose a canton on the map or below to see its day.
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| Canton | Latest day | Against usual |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 257 | −340 |
| Bern | 159 | −152 |
| Vaud | 114 | −107 |
| Aargau | 92 | −64 |
| Luzern | 80 | −36 |
| Genève | 79 | −116 |
| St. Gallen | 47 | −32 |
| Basel-Stadt | 38 | −62 |
| Solothurn | 35 | −25 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 31 | −15 |
| Graubünden | 25 | −20 |
| Valais | 24 | −46 |
| Neuchâtel | 20 | −30 |
| Thurgau | 18 | −32 |
| Schwyz | 16 | −13 |
| Zug | 16 | −43 |
| Fribourg | 14 | −49 |
| Schaffhausen | 9 | −12 |
| Nidwalden | 5 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Glarus | 4 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Ticino | 4 | −33 |
| Obwalden | 3 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 2 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Jura | 2 | No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably. |
| Uri | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | 112 | 9.3% | +0.6 pt |
| Office, Administration & Customer Service | 111 | 9.2% | +1.9 pt |
| Medicine, Nursing & Care | 100 | 8.3% | −0.8 pt |
| IT Infrastructure, Security & Support | 72 | 6.0% | −0.3 pt |
| Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive | 63 | 5.2% | +0.3 pt |
| Management & Consulting | 59 | 4.9% | −0.1 pt |
| Hospitality, Food Service & Tourism | 58 | 4.8% | +1.2 pt |
| Supply Chain & Logistics | 58 | 4.8% | +1.3 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
- 51% Full-time (100%) roles
- 34% Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)
- 16% Part-time roles (below 100%)
Of 1,154 postings that state a workload; 55 more state none.
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| Workload | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time (100%) roles | 587 | 51% |
| Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%) | 388 | 34% |
| Part-time roles (below 100%) | 179 | 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.