MogiQatar and Bahrain show surge in job postings
Job postings in Qatar and Bahrain more than doubled in the last 28 days.
By Layla Hassan, Mogi Research · Oct 20, 2026
Job postings in Qatar saw a surge, increasing by three hundred percent. In Bahrain, job postings also surged, rising by two hundred seventy percent. Bangladesh experienced a significant rise, with job postings doubling, up by two hundred percent.
These increases may be due to several factors. Qatar and Bahrain may be experiencing a period of economic expansion, leading employers to add more job postings. It is also possible that specific industries within these countries have seen a rise in demand for talent, prompting more hiring.
The overall number of new job postings across all countries increased by sixty four percent in the last 28 days. This rise suggests a general uptick in the job market, though the specific reasons behind the growth in individual countries like Qatar and Bahrain remain possibilities.
The numbers
Which countries grew the most in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 137 | 37 | +270% |
| Qatar | 800 | 200 | +300% |
| Bangladesh | 99 | 33 | +200% |
| Oman | 149 | 51 | +192% |
| Nigeria | 394 | 146 | +170% |
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-20 with the 28 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 Layla Hassan of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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