Job Postings Data across MENA, Country by Country
4,882,400Live postings in the dataset
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MENA job postings over time · Nov 2022 → Sep 2026
- Sources covering MENA
- 12,009
- Postings in Sep 2026
- 227,149
- Advertised as remote
- 11.3%
- History from
- Nov 2022
Sources
Workplace Types
TheirStack tracks 4,882,400 job postings in MENA, collected from 12,009 distinct sources (data as of October 2026).
MENA job postings by country and source
Share of MENA volume by source, current month.
| Sources | Job postings |
|---|---|
| 01indeed.com | 35.7% |
| 02linkedin.com | 35.2% |
| 03naukrigulf.com | 2.1% |
| 04eleman.net | 1.7% |
| 05workable.com | 1.5% |
| 06myworkdayjobs.com | 1.5% |
| 07oraclecloud.com | 1.2% |
| 08marriott.com | 1.0% |
| 09smartrecruiters.com | 1.0% |
| 10jobnet.co.il | 0.8% |
Market note
MENA is dominated by the Gulf, and Gulf hiring has a shape you will not see elsewhere: a large share of postings target expatriate candidates, are written in English, and come through regional boards — Bayt and GulfTalent — rather than through employer career pages. North African volume is smaller and more likely to be in French or Arabic. The country table below makes the split explicit before you commit to a filter.
Countries
Share of MENA volume by country, ranked.
| Countries | Job postings |
|---|---|
| 01United Arab Emirates | 40.4% |
| 02Turkey | 13.4% |
| 03Israel | 9.9% |
| 04Egypt | 9.8% |
| 05Saudi Arabia | 9.1% |
| 06Morocco | 6.6% |
| 07Qatar | 4.2% |
| 08Bahrain | 1.1% |
| 09Cyprus | 1.1% |
| 10Oman | 0.9% |
Rows in the Countries table link through to that country's own page where we publish one.
Workplace Types
Share of MENA postings by advertised setup.
MENA jobs API
The same query behind every number on this page.
Filter the Jobs Search API to MENA with job_country_code_or:
{
"job_country_code_or": [
"AE",
"AL",
"BH",
"CY",
"DZ",
"EG",
"EH",
"ER"
],
"posted_at_max_age_days": 30,
"include_total_results": true,
"limit": 25
}Monthly MENA postings
| Month | Job postings | MoM |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026in progress | 12,714 | — |
| September 2026 | 227,149 | +3.9% |
| August 2026 | 218,556 | -4.3% |
| July 2026 | 228,369 | +4.6% |
| June 2026 | 218,266 | +22.3% |
| May 2026 | 178,432 | -4.7% |
| April 2026 | 187,224 | +9.3% |
| March 2026 | 171,322 | -20.9% |
| February 2026 | 216,453 | -6.7% |
| January 2026 | 231,996 | +21.5% |
| December 2025 | 190,899 | +0.4% |
| November 2025 | 190,085 | -6.2% |
| October 2025 | 202,591 | +3.0% |
| September 2025 | 196,634 | +18.5% |
| August 2025 | 165,925 | -8.6% |
| July 2025 | 181,513 | +25.3% |
| June 2025 | 144,833 | +1.2% |
| May 2025 | 143,072 | +25.2% |
| April 2025 | 114,270 | +20.0% |
| March 2025 | 95,226 | -5.0% |
| February 2025 | 100,199 | -28.2% |
| January 2025 | 139,574 | +40.1% |
| December 2024 | 99,632 | -2.4% |
| November 2024 | 102,032 | — |
Frequently asked questions
How many job postings are there in MENA?
The live counter above, across the Middle East and North Africa.
Which MENA countries have the most job postings?
The Countries table above, ranked live. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are normally well ahead.
What languages are MENA postings written in?
English is very common in the Gulf, particularly for expatriate-targeted roles; Arabic is used throughout, and French is common in the Maghreb. An English-only filter will cover the Gulf reasonably and under-count North Africa badly.
Which job boards cover the region?
Bayt and GulfTalent regionally, plus Indeed, LinkedIn and the ATS platforms multinationals run. The Sources table above ranks the current month; the full source list is complete.
Get MENA job postings data
Browse the jobs dataset or pull MENA postings on a schedule through the job posting API. Checking volumes first is free: a job search filtered to MENA returns the matching count without consuming credits.
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Methodology
- What we count. Individual online job postings, not survey-based vacancy estimates. A posting is counted once, on the date it was published.
- Where they come from. Job boards, company career pages behind applicant tracking systems, and aggregators — see the full source list.
- Deduplication. The same role published on several boards is merged into one posting, so multi-source coverage inflates neither counts nor trends.
- Geography. A posting counts towards a country when any of its locations resolve to that country, so a multi-country posting is counted in each. Country breakdown tables instead attribute each posting to its primary location, so a single posting never appears twice in the same table.
- Refresh. New postings are discovered daily; the figures on this page are recomputed monthly against the live dataset.