Market report · October 2026
The remote job market right now
Live numbers from 39,674 open remote jobs at 7,935 companies: who is hiring, in which fields, for how much, and from where. Last updated 25 October 2026 at 12:37 UTC.
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Headline numbers
10,969
New remote jobs in the last 7 days -17%
36,254
New in the last 30 days
39%
Of open jobs state a salary
3%
Hire from anywhere in the world
In short
- Employers posted 10,969 new remote jobs this week, down 17% on the week before.
- Fastest-growing field: Marketing (-8% new jobs week on week).
- 89% of “remote” jobs only hire in certain countries or regions. Just 3% are open worldwide.
- Best-paid field by published pay: AI & Machine Learning, with a typical midpoint of $180K a year.
- 50% of open jobs are confirmed on the employer’s own job board within the last scans.
Open jobs by field
With the change in new jobs, this week vs last week
- Software Engineering6,952-24%
- Sales5,309-15%
- Operations3,733-20%
- Marketing2,820-8%
- AI & Machine Learning2,159-21%
- Customer Support1,529-32%
- Finance1,398-9%
- Product1,251-22%
- DevOps901-28%
- Cybersecurity811-23%
- Design807-13%
- Data Science503-24%
Published pay by field
Median midpoint of stated salary ranges, USD per year
- AI & Machine Learning$180K
- Cybersecurity$170K
- DevOps$165K
- Product$162K
- Software Engineering$155K
- Data Science$145K
- Design$135K
- Sales$125K
- Marketing$125K
- Finance$110K
- Operations$107K
- Customer Support$78K
Companies hiring most this month
New remote jobs in the last 30 days
- ScaleJet251 new · 251 open
- Bjak212 new · 215 open
- MicroSourcing168 new · 168 open
- GitLab114 new · 214 open
- CI&T110 new · 156 open
- Humana104 new · 104 open
- ServiceNow101 new · 155 open
- TransPerfect100 new · 171 open
- Canonical87 new · 87 open
- Affirm86 new · 213 open
- Elevenlabs86 new · 118 open
- Ergomed83 new · 136 open
- EnthuZiastic83 new · 83 open
- Global Channel Management, Inc.79 new · 79 open
- Samsara76 new · 190 open
Most requested skills
In remote jobs posted in the last 30 days
- Recruiting3,416
- Excel3,319
- Python3,280
- CRM2,997
- SQL2,828
- AWS2,776
- Salesforce2,515
- Agile2,491
- REST APIs2,325
- CI/CD2,233
- Technical Support2,229
- Machine Learning2,068
- Azure2,063
- Customer Success1,980
- Data Visualization1,820
Where restricted jobs hire
Open jobs that hire only in certain countries, by country
- United States19,603
- Canada2,835
- United Kingdom2,038
- Germany1,588
- India1,235
- Poland1,131
- Spain1,109
- Brazil1,009
- Philippines992
- Mexico935
- Portugal773
- France769
Type of work
Share of open remote jobs
- Full-time65%
- Not stated17%
- Contract14%
- Part-time2%
- Internship1%
- Other1%
- Temporary0%
How these numbers are made
Remotavia checks thousands of employers’ own job boards every few hours, and adds listings from remote job sites we work with. The same job found in several places is counted once. A job counts as open until it disappears from the employer’s board or reaches its closing date.
Pay figures use only salaries that employers published, converted to approximate US dollars a year. They describe advertised ranges, not what people earn. Read the full methodology.
Use this data
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Source: Remotavia Remote Job Market Report (October 2026), https://remotavia.com/remote-job-report
What you’ll get
- New remote jobs this week and this month
- Top hiring companies and fastest-growing fields
- Pay ranges and where people can apply from
Tips for better results
Tip 1
Watch the direction, not one number
A field adding jobs week after week is a better signal than a single big week.
Tip 2
Use it in negotiations
Published pay ranges in your field are useful context when you discuss salary.
Tip 3
Follow the hiring companies
Companies hiring across many roles at once are often growing, and open to strong applicants beyond the listed jobs.
Questions people ask
Where does the data come from?
From the remote jobs on Remotavia: employers’ own job boards that we check every few hours, plus remote job sites we work with. Duplicates are merged before anything is counted.
How often is the report updated?
The numbers refresh several times a day. Each figure shows the period it covers.
Can I cite or share the report?
Yes. Please link to this page as the source so readers can see the current numbers.