MogiChina job postings surge one hundred sixteen percent
Job postings in China increased by more than half in the last seven days, while overall global postings fell.
By Adaeze Nwosu, Mogi Research · Oct 13, 2026
Job postings in China saw a surge of one hundred sixteen percent in the past seven days, rising from nine hundred fifteen to one thousand nine hundred seventy-eight. This change occurred as global job postings fell by thirty-four percent.
The growth in China may be linked to a significant increase in demand for software engineers, which saw fifty-six new postings. Product manager roles also increased by twenty.
Other countries also experienced changes in job postings. Kenya saw an increase of twenty-nine percent, while Peru and South Africa each had nineteen percent growth. The United Kingdom added sixteen percent more job postings.
The numbers
What are the top 10 countries with the most growth in job postings in the last 7 days?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,978 | 915 | +116% |
| Kenya | 115 | 89 | +29% |
| Peru | 320 | 268 | +19% |
| South Africa | 1,154 | 971 | +19% |
| United Kingdom | 24,850 | 21,348 | +16% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (56), Product Manager (20), Full Stack Engineer (2)
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-13 with the 7 days before them. Covers all countries, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Adaeze Nwosu of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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