Pulse

Thursday 5 November 2026

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New postings

1,507
1,507 new postings across the boards JobHiker tracks
Plus 22 from staffing agencies and aggregators, not counted.
Index 93 · 100 = the average of the previous 10 working days · −7%
9 Oct5 Nov
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New postings per day, last 28 days
DayNew postings
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
20 Oct1,194
21 Oct1,620
22 Oct1,678
23 Oct1,491
24 Oct514
25 Oct210
26 Oct1,291
27 Oct1,651
28 Oct1,955
29 Oct1,707
30 Oct1,494
31 Oct666
1 Nov447
2 Nov1,386
3 Nov2,193
4 Nov1,395
5 Nov1,519

Cantons

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Switzerland: 1,507 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
Zürich290−71
Bern204−13
Genève143+38
Vaud140+28
Aargau95−16
Luzern58−31
Solothurn55±0
St. Gallen46−5
Fribourg43−2
Basel-Landschaft40−3
Basel-Stadt39−16
Graubünden34+3
Zug34−2
Valais31+2
Neuchâtel26−10
Thurgau21−10
Schaffhausen17No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Schwyz14No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Ticino9No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Appenzell Ausserrhoden8No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Uri5No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Appenzell Innerrhoden4No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Jura4No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Nidwalden4No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Glarus2No comparison: there are too few postings to compare reliably.
Obwalden2No 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
12% (+2.3 pt)
Office, Administration & Customer Service
9% (+1.5 pt)
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
8% (+0.1 pt)
Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive
6% (−0.1 pt)
Retail
6% (+0.3 pt)
Hospitality, Food Service & Tourism
5% (+1.2 pt)
IT Infrastructure, Security & Support
4% (−0.9 pt)
Architecture, Construction Management & Planning
3% (+0.1 pt)
All other departments
47%

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

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Postings by department
DepartmentPostingsShareChange
Medicine, Nursing & Care17811.8%+2.3 pt
Office, Administration & Customer Service1409.3%+1.5 pt
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate1268.4%+0.1 pt
Metalwork, Machinery & Automotive946.2%−0.1 pt
Retail936.2%+0.3 pt
Hospitality, Food Service & Tourism684.5%+1.2 pt
IT Infrastructure, Security & Support553.6%−0.9 pt
Architecture, Construction Management & Planning503.3%+0.1 pt

Top roles · new postings

Commercial clerks (Kaufleute, Sachbearbeiter)
99
Nurses and midwives
77
Shop sales assistants
71
Healthcare assistants (FaGe, ASSC)
41
Polymechanics and machinists
40

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

Workload

  • 47% Full-time (100%) roles
  • 34% Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)
  • 19% Part-time roles (below 100%)

Of 1,457 postings that state a workload; 50 more state none.

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Postings by advertised workload
WorkloadPostingsShare
Full-time (100%) roles68247%
Flexible Pensum roles (up to 100%)50134%
Part-time roles (below 100%)27419%

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.