Job postings in South Africa: what employers are hiring for (2026)
This page reads every active posting located in South Africa across the ten boards JobsPipe collects and reports the mix as shares: the functions employers are hiring for, the seniority they target, the remote and pay-disclosure rates, and the industries and company sizes behind the postings.
8.1% of these postings are marked remote, 1.3% state a salary or range, the most common seniority label is senior at 17.5%. Postings with no seniority label are counted in the denominator, so the seniority shares do not sum to one.
Who the postings are aimed at
Seniority is read from the posting’s own label where one exists. Postings without a label stay in the denominator, so these shares describe how often each level is stated, not the full mix.
- Entry level12.3%
- Mid level4.5%
- Senior17.5%
- Lead or manager3.4%
- Executive1.4%
Functions employers are hiring for
- Sales3.3%
- Sales and Business Development2.7%
- Management and Manufacturing2.5%
- Finance & Accounting2.3%
- Other2.1%
- Engineering1.8%
- Information Technology1.4%
- Marketing1.3%
Industries behind the postings
Industry is the employer’s ISIC division where it is known. The filter isic_division_or reproduces each row.
- Employment and staffing7.6%
- Financial services5.2%
- Retail trade4.8%
- Software and IT services4.3%
- Education2.0%
- Healthcare1.7%
- Accommodation1.4%
- Advertising and market research1.3%
Company size
Employee count comes from the employer record where it is known; postings from companies without a known size are excluded from this cut.
- 1-50 employees7.2%
- 51-200 employees3.1%
- 201-1000 employees5.2%
- 1000+ employees14.1%
Employment type
- Full-time67.7%
- Contract3.8%
- Part-time2.9%
- Internship0.8%
FAQ
What share of job postings in South Africa are remote?+
8.1% of the active postings on this page carry a remote flag. The flag is read from the posting itself, so hybrid roles that never say remote are counted as on-site. Filter the API with remote set to true and the same scope to reproduce the figure.
How many job postings in South Africa disclose salary?+
1.3% state a salary or a range in the posting text or structured fields. Disclosure varies more by board and by jurisdiction than by role, so compare the figure with the board-level shares on the sources pages before reading it as a market signal.
Which industries post the most jobs in South Africa?+
By ISIC division, the largest shares are Employment and staffing (7.6%), Financial services (5.2%), Retail trade (4.8%). Industry is resolved from the employer's classification where known, and postings without a classification are excluded from this cut.
Which functions are employers in South Africa hiring for?+
The largest functions by share of postings are Sales (3.3%), Sales and Business Development (2.7%), Management and Manufacturing (2.5%), Finance & Accounting (2.3%). Function is assigned from the normalized title and the posting text.
Where do these numbers come from?+
From JobsPipe's live index of postings on the ten boards it collects, deduplicated by posting id and counted on 2026-09-09. Only shares are published; the underlying counts stay private. Every figure can be reproduced against the JobsPipe API with the filters shown on this page.
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