Gulf hiring pulse
naukrigulf listings · as of 23 October 2026
As of 23 October 2026, UnfairJobs observed 49,710 active job listings on naukrigulf across the Gulf markets we monitor. This is a count of listings observed on one job board on that date — not a census of the Gulf labour market, and not a count of distinct employers or distinct vacancies.
By country
according to naukrigulf listings observed by UnfairJobs as of 2026-10-23
| Market | Listings observed | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 30,545 | 61.4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 11,864 | 23.9% |
| Qatar | 3,436 | 6.9% |
| Oman | 1,661 | 3.3% |
| Kuwait | 1,254 | 2.5% |
| Bahrain | 950 | 1.9% |
Country figures are not additive with any other source, and a role advertised twice is counted twice.
About this dataset
We hold substantive description text for 80.2% of these listings (at least 150 characters). That describes the completeness of our own dataset, not a property of the Gulf job market.
What this does not tell you
- These are listings OBSERVED on one monitored source — not a census of the GCC labour market. Roles not posted to this source are absent by construction.
- Figures cover the six GCC states only (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain). Listings we hold for markets outside the GCC are excluded from these counts entirely.
- Counts are of listings, not of distinct employers or distinct real-world vacancies. The same role advertised twice appears twice.
- Cross-source duplicates are not deduplicated; figures for one source are not additive with any other source.
- Listing age cannot be independently verified: posted_date is overwritten on every re-scrape with the value the source reports that day.
- No salary, hiring-outcome, response-rate or role-level figures are derived here — the underlying data does not support them.
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Snapshot 80aa6119 · published 23 October 2026 · methodology version 1B.2