This is the second edition of the monthly series and the first with a month-over-month comparison. September's 10,345 listings came from 3,501 advertisers (a company, a recruitment agency or a job aggregator). 65.8% advertised exactly one role, and the ten largest advertisers together held 12.6% of all listings. August is restated in this edition on the same basis (14,975 listings; see the August report).
| Measure | September 2026 | August 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job listings | 10,345 | 14,975 | −4,630 (−30.9%) |
| Companies advertising | 3,501 | 5,040 | −1,539 (−30.5%) |
| Advertisers with exactly one role | 2,305 of 3,501 (65.8%) | 3,237 of 5,040 (64.2%) | +1.6 pp |
| Listings held by the 10 largest advertisers | 1,301 of 10,345 (12.6%) | 1,654 of 14,975 (11.0%) | +1.5 pp |
| Dubai | 5,547 of 10,345 (53.6%) | 8,367 of 14,975 (55.9%) | −2.3 pp |
| Structured salary field present (all listings) | 254 of 10,345 (2.5%) | 1,037 of 14,975 (6.9%) | −4.5 pp |
| Structured salary field present (employer-system listings only) | 254 of 5,068 (5.0%) | 301 of 5,263 (5.7%) | −0.7 pp |
| Listings from LinkedIn | 5,277 of 10,345 (51.0%) | 9,712 of 14,975 (64.9%) | −13.8 pp |
September's total is not a like-for-like measure of hiring demand. Collection was interrupted for part of the month, so September's figures reflect what we collected, not everything that was advertised, and the fall in the number of listings should not be read as a fall in hiring. Shares, such as the split by emirate, are less affected, though they also move with the source mix: LinkedIn accounted for 64.9% of August listings and 51.0% of September listings. September figures are as of 1 October and may rise slightly as late listings are added; August rose by 1.1% after its first publication.
Across the 3,501 distinct advertisers identified in September, 2,305 of 3,501 (65.8%) advertised exactly one role during the month, against 64.2% in August. The ten largest advertisers accounted for 12.6% of all 10,345 listings collected, against 11.0% in August.
Ten advertisers accounted for roughly one listing in eight. The remaining 3,491 accounted for the rest.
Advertisers here include companies, recruitment agencies and job aggregators. See Method.
As in August, advertised demand is not concentrated in a small set of large advertisers, and a top advertiser ranking would be misleading: advertiser names mix direct companies, staffing agencies and job aggregators, and a single organisation can appear under more than one label. The concentration figures describe the shape of the advertiser base, not who is hiring most.
UAE job listings by emirate, 1-30 September 2026, n=10,345
| Emirate | September listings | September share | August share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 5,547 | 53.6% | 55.9% | −2.3 pp |
| Abu Dhabi | 2,645 | 25.6% | 24.5% | +1.0 pp |
| Sharjah | 261 | 2.5% | 2.9% | −0.4 pp |
| Ras Al Khaimah | 166 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.0 pp |
| Ajman | 114 | 1.1% | 0.7% | +0.4 pp |
| Fujairah | 31 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0 pp |
| Umm Al Quwain | 7 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0 pp |
| UAE-wide or emirate not specified | 1,574 | 15.2% | 14.0% | +1.2 pp |
Dubai and Abu Dhabi job listings together account for 8,192 of 10,345 (79.2%) of all listings collected in September, against 80.4% in August. Sharjah is again the largest of the smaller emirates at 261 of 10,345 (2.5%). A small number of role pages drawn from this collection are available to browse, including Dubai property consultant roles, Dubai business development manager roles, and UAE accountant roles.
UAE job listings by day of week posted, 1-30 September 2026, n=10,345
| Day posted | September listings | Days in September | September average per day | August average per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1,833 | 4 | 458 | 371 |
| Tuesday | 2,189 | 5 | 438 | 620 |
| Wednesday | 2,110 | 5 | 422 | 672 |
| Thursday | 1,153 | 4 | 288 | 705 |
| Friday | 1,202 | 4 | 301 | 621 |
| Saturday | 836 | 4 | 209 | 301 |
| Sunday | 1,022 | 4 | 256 | 229 |
Averages per day are used because September has five Tuesdays and Wednesdays and four of every other day, while August has five Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. September's pattern should not be read as employer posting behaviour, because collection was interrupted on some days. In the ten days at the end of the month with uninterrupted collection (21–30 September), Monday to Friday averaged 661 listings per day, Saturday 356 and Sunday 277, consistent with August's pattern of heavier weekday posting. This reflects when listings were posted, not when roles were filled.
UAE job listings by field content, 1-30 September 2026, n=10,345
| Field | September listings | September share | August share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment type stated | 9,375 | 90.6% | 89.9% | +0.8 pp |
| Work arrangement label present | 5,068 | 49.0% | 67.8% | −18.8 pp |
| Seniority derivable from job title | 4,019 | 38.8% | 39.2% | −0.3 pp |
| Experience requirement mentioned | 4,943 | 47.8% | 48.0% | −0.3 pp |
| Language requirement mentioned | 2,136 | 20.6% | 20.0% | +0.7 pp |
| Visa mentioned in the description | 842 | 8.1% | 7.0% | +1.1 pp |
| Structured salary field present | 254 | 2.5% | 6.9% | −4.5 pp |
| Professional qualification named | 486 | 4.7% | 4.9% | −0.2 pp |
| Nationality preference mentioned | 562 | 5.4% | 4.6% | +0.8 pp |
| Driving licence mentioned | 519 | 5.0% | 4.8% | +0.3 pp |
Two of these fields cannot be compared across all listings. The work arrangement label and the structured salary field are supplied by the source platform. LinkedIn listings dated from 18 August onward arrive without them: none of the 5,277 LinkedIn listings in September carried either, whereas 96.6% of LinkedIn listings dated 1–17 August carried the work arrangement label. Listings on employers' own systems carry the label on every listing and are the like-for-like comparison:
| Employer-system listings only | September 2026 | August 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Work arrangement label present | 5,068 of 5,068 (100.0%) | 5,263 of 5,263 (100.0%) |
| Structured salary field present | 254 of 5,068 (5.0%) | 301 of 5,263 (5.7%) |
The fall across all listings, from 67.8% to 49.0% for work arrangement and from 6.9% to 2.5% for structured salary, therefore reflects which listings carry source-supplied fields, not a change by employers. Both are field availability, not measures of pay transparency or working arrangements. The other fields are read from the listing's own title or description and are comparable across all listings. Employment type was stated on 9,375 of 10,345 (90.6%). Definitions are in Method.
LinkedIn listings by application route, 1-30 September 2026, n=5,277
| Application route | Listings | Share of LinkedIn listings |
|---|---|---|
| Easy Apply (completed on LinkedIn) | 3,079 | 58.3% |
| Employer site (redirects off LinkedIn) | 2,198 | 41.7% |
LinkedIn accounted for 5,277 of 10,345 listings (51.0%). The route is the flag supplied by LinkedIn for each listing.
Listings published on employers' own applicant tracking systems, 1-30 September 2026, n=5,068
5,068 of 10,345 listings (49.0%) were published directly on an employer's applicant tracking system rather than on a job board. The table shows the ten most used systems, using the system name supplied by the source.
| Rank | Hiring system | Listings | Share of employer-system listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oracle Cloud | 1,507 | 29.7% |
| 2 | Workable | 671 | 13.2% |
| 3 | SmartRecruiters | 493 | 9.7% |
| 4 | SuccessFactors | 479 | 9.5% |
| 5 | Workday | 411 | 8.1% |
| 6 | Teamtailor | 329 | 6.5% |
| 7 | Zoho | 242 | 4.8% |
| 8 | Lever | 136 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Phenom People | 136 | 2.7% |
| 10 | iCIMS | 125 | 2.5% |
| Other (32 systems) | 539 | 10.6% |
10,345 listings were collected between 1 and 30 September 2026, 30.9% fewer than the 14,975 collected in August. Collection was interrupted for part of September, so the difference reflects what was collected, not a change in hiring activity.
Dubai, with 5,547 of 10,345 listings (53.6%). Abu Dhabi is second at 2,645 of 10,345 (25.6%).
Rarely in a structured field — 254 of 10,345 listings (2.5%) carried one. Among listings published on employers' own systems, 5.0% did, against 5.7% in August; LinkedIn listings carried no structured salary field in September. This is field availability, not pay transparency.
September's day-of-week pattern is distorted by interrupted collection, so it does not show reliably when employers post. In the ten days with uninterrupted collection (21–30 September), Monday to Friday averaged 661 listings per day, Saturday 356 and Sunday 277.
Of 3,501 advertisers, 1,196 (34.2%) advertised more than one role and 2,305 (65.8%) advertised exactly one. Advertiser refers to the name attached to a listing, which may be a direct employer, a recruitment agency, or a job aggregator.
3,079 of 5,277 LinkedIn listings (58.3%) were Easy Apply, completed on LinkedIn. The other 2,198 (41.7%) sent applicants to the employer's own site.
Listings in this report come from two kinds of sources: UAE job boards, and applicant tracking systems that companies use to publish vacancies directly. The platforms represented include LinkedIn, Bayt, GulfTalent, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Workable, SmartRecruiters, and other UAE job boards and applicant tracking systems.
The distinction matters. Job boards aggregate listings that companies choose to syndicate. Applicant tracking systems host the listing a company actually publishes on its own careers page, and a meaningful share of these never reach a job board at all. Collecting directly from both source types is what allows this dataset to include listings that a job-board-only search would miss.
Not every listing collected appears as a page on this site. We publish role pages for a small number of job titles, with more added over time.
This report covers job listings collected with a posting date between 1 and 30 September 2026 from UAE job boards and from applicant tracking systems used by employers to publish vacancies directly. Listings are deduplicated to one record per unique application URL (query strings and fragments removed). A listing is included where the source identifies the role as based in the United Arab Emirates and a valid application link is present. Where the same application URL appears more than once, the most recently dated record is kept.
These figures describe listings we collected. Collection is not exhaustive and totals reflect what we observed rather than all hiring activity in the market. Listings reflect advertised demand, not confirmed hires. Dates are the posting dates supplied by each source, read as calendar days. Data as of 1 October 2026.
Collection was interrupted for part of September; see "Comparing September with August". August is restated on current data (14,975 listings) using the same method, so the two months are directly comparable in method, though not in how much was collected.
Advertiser refers to the name attached to a listing. This may be a direct employer, a recruitment agency or a job aggregator, and a single organisation may appear under more than one label.
Emirate is taken from the listing's location text. Where a location names more than one emirate, it is counted under Dubai first. Listings whose location does not name an emirate are counted as "UAE-wide or emirate not specified".
Day of week is shown as the average number of listings per day, because a month does not contain equal numbers of each weekday.
Field-content definitions. Each is a presence test on the listing, not a verification of the requirement itself:
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Suggested citation: 1000Jobs.club, "UAE Job Listings Report — September 2026," published 1 October 2026.
The October 2026 UAE Job Listings Report will publish in early November on the report hub.