MogiSouth Africa Sees Most Job Growth in Last 7 Days
Job postings across all countries rose by 24 percent in the past week, with South Africa leading the increase.
By Lucia Fernandez, Mogi Research · Oct 25, 2026
Job postings saw a notable increase over the past seven days, rising by twenty-four percent across all countries. This growth was driven by significant rises in specific nations, with South Africa experiencing the largest expansion in new job postings.
In South Africa, job postings surged by eighty-six percent in the last week. Brazil also saw substantial growth, with postings up by seventy-seven percent, while Turkey experienced a seventy-eight percent rise. This expansion in job advertisements may be linked to increased employer activity or a greater crawl coverage during the period.
The increase in job postings in South Africa could be attributed to a variety of factors. It is possible that employers are actively seeking to fill roles, or that the crawl's coverage of new opportunities in the country has improved. Specific roles like Software Engineer, Product Manager, and Backend Engineer were among those with the most new postings in South Africa.
The numbers
Which country has seen the most job growth in the last 7 days?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,074 | 578 | +86% |
| Brazil | 2,377 | 1,346 | +77% |
| Turkey | 166 | 93 | +78% |
| Chile | 310 | 180 | +72% |
| Pakistan | 145 | 86 | +69% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (10), Product Manager (9), Backend Engineer (3)
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-25 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 Lucia Fernandez of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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