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Qatar and Bahrain See Job Postings Surge

Job postings in Qatar and Bahrain more than doubled in the last 28 days.

By Lucia Fernandez, Mogi Research · Oct 21, 2026

Job postings in Qatar saw a significant surge, increasing by two hundred and sixty four percent over the last 28 days. Postings in Bahrain also experienced a surge, rising by two hundred and eighty nine percent. Oman saw a rise of two hundred and fourteen percent in job postings during the same period.

This rapid increase in job postings may be attributed to several factors. It is possible that new projects or economic initiatives in these countries have led to a greater demand for talent. Alternatively, a change in how job boards are crawled could be reflecting a larger volume of available positions.

The data also shows that Austria experienced a rise of one hundred and sixty six percent in job postings. While the overall number of new jobs added across all countries was one million three hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and seventy four, the growth in Qatar and Bahrain was particularly noteworthy.

The numbers

Which countries saw the most growth in job postings in the last 28 days?

NameLast 28 daysThe 28 beforeChange
Qatar767211+264%
Bahrain14036+289%
Oman15449+214%
Bangladesh9631+210%
Austria3,2441,221+166%

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Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-21 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 Lucia Fernandez of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.

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