Listings analyzed+2.8%
192,452Raw postings checked in the selected windowGlobal remote hiring intelligence
Remote Work Index.
A data-led view of the remote job market: hiring momentum, advertised salaries, location freedom, in-demand skills and the employers shaping distributed work.
Active jobs+0.4%
27,666Open remote positions in the latest snapshotNew postings+1.0%
13,021Published during the latest 30 daysHiring companies+5.5%
7,513Unique employers representedAnywhere jobs+0.3 pp
12.4%No country, region or timezone restrictionSalary disclosed-1.3 pp
32.8%Listings with an explicit compensation range01 · Market overview
Remote hiring is gaining momentum.
The index tracks changes in active openings, newly published roles and employer participation. January 2026 is used as the demonstration baseline of 100.
Remote Hiring Index
Hiring activity relative to the January 2026 baseline
Strongest category movement
Operations leads the current 30-day category comparison at +2.3%. Rankings are recalculated from the new Monday snapshot.
02 · Hiring categories
Where remote opportunity is concentrated.
Software Development is the largest modeled field this week, while Operations has the strongest 30-day movement.
Leading categories
Compare market volume, monthly growth and salary medians
| Category | Active | Share | 30D | Median salary | Salary shown | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Software Development | 6,535 | 23.6% | +2.1% | $144K | 39.9% | 114.3 |
2Project Management | 3,184 | 11.5% | +1.4% | $117K | 33.2% | 111.1 |
3Sales | 2,964 | 10.7% | +0.6% | $109K | 36.2% | 113.8 |
4Marketing | 2,502 | 9.0% | -2.8% | $104K | 31.3% | 112.8 |
5Data & Analytics | 2,350 | 8.5% | +1.4% | $133K | 37.5% | 114.2 |
6Customer Support | 2,167 | 7.8% | -0.8% | $71K | 28.2% | 113.6 |
7Product | 1,950 | 7.0% | -2.5% | $139K | 36.3% | 116.1 |
8Operations | 1,679 | 6.1% | +2.3% | $97K | 27.4% | 115.4 |
9Design & Creative | 1,649 | 6.0% | -1.1% | $99K | 32.6% | 116.4 |
10Finance & Legal | 1,173 | 4.2% | +0.9% | $111K | 34.3% | 112.4 |
11Healthcare | 758 | 2.7% | -2.1% | $106K | 34.4% | 113.6 |
12HR & Recruiting | 755 | 2.9% | +0.1% | $93K | 28.8% | 111.7 |
03 · Location access
Remote does not always mean global.
Most remote jobs still carry a country, region, authorization or working-hours requirement. Truly location-independent roles form a distinct part of the market.
27,666active remote jobs
United States31.2%
Europe19.4%
Anywhere12.5%
EMEA9.9%
Canada6.8%
LATAM6.4%
APAC5.9%
United Kingdom4.7%
Other3.2%
12.5% have no geographic restriction
Anywhere jobs are classified only when the posting contains no country, region, residency, work-authorization or mandatory timezone limitation.
Common remote restrictions
Share of active listings containing each restriction signal
Country or region eligibilityThe most common restriction in remote job descriptions.
57.5%Working-hours overlapUsually expressed as a minimum overlap with a named timezone.
29.9%Work authorizationRoles that require existing authorization and offer no sponsorship.
24.2%Occasional travelPeriodic team meetings, client visits or company retreats.
17.1%Language requirementA language beyond general professional English is required.
15.6%| Market | Active jobs | Share | 30D |
|---|---|---|---|
United States | 8,621 | 31.2% | 0.0% |
Europe | 5,377 | 19.4% | +1.4% |
Anywhere | 3,458 | 12.5% | +2.9% |
EMEA | 2,738 | 9.9% | +2.4% |
Canada | 1,879 | 6.8% | -1.3% |
LATAM | 1,772 | 6.4% | -1.9% |
APAC | 1,625 | 5.9% | -0.4% |
United Kingdom | 1,294 | 4.7% | -1.7% |
Other | 902 | 3.2% | -4.7% |
04 · Advertised compensation
What remote roles are paying.
Salary figures use explicitly advertised base compensation only. Values are annualized and normalized to USD for comparison.
Advertised salary ranges
Typical lower bound, median and upper bound by category
$40K$80K$120K$160K$200K
Software Development
$144K
Project Management
$117K
Sales
$109K
Marketing
$104K
Data & Analytics
$133K
Customer Support
$71K
Product
$139K
Operations
$97K
Design & Creative
$99K
Finance & Legal
$111K
How to read salary data
Medians exclude listings without explicit candidate compensation, commission-only claims, revenue quotas, deal values and AI-estimated salaries. Multi-currency values are converted using the reference rate stored for the observation date.
05 · Skills and roles
The capabilities employers ask for.
Skill signals are extracted from titles and job descriptions, then grouped to reduce duplicate spellings and closely related terms.
Most requested skills
Share of active listings mentioning each skill
AI / LLM105.9%Python24.7%SQL21.1%AWS17.8%Data analysis16.7%Project management15.5%React14.0%JavaScript13.9%Cybersecurity10.9%Kubernetes10.7%Communication10.2%SaaS10.1%Product strategy8.8%Figma6.6%Salesforce6.5%
Leading job titles
Standardized title groups with current momentum
Senior Software Engineer1,478 jobs-6.7%
Product Manager924 jobs+3.0%
Account Executive869 jobs+1.9%
Customer Success Manager725 jobs-2.8%
Data Engineer647 jobs-6.1%
Product Designer593 jobs-2.0%
Marketing Manager539 jobs+2.3%
DevOps Engineer510 jobs+0.6%
Fastest-growing skill signal
AI / LLM mentions changed by +29.3% over the 30-day comparison window. Emerging skill signals are modeled across engineering, product, marketing, support and operations—not only specialist roles.
06 · Work structure
How remote roles are structured.
Employment type and seniority reveal who remote employers are hiring and how widely different career paths are available across regions.
Employment type
Full-time employment dominates the remote market.
78.4%full-time
Full-time78.4%
Contract13.0%
Part-time4.7%
Freelance2.5%
Internship1.4%
Experience level
Mid-level and senior professionals account for the largest share of demand.
67.0%mid + senior
Mid-level35.7%
Senior31.3%
Entry-level13.9%
Manager10.1%
Director / Executive6.3%
Internship2.7%
Opportunity intensity by category and market
Relative availability score within the current demonstration dataset
| Category | USA | Europe | Anywhere | EMEA | LATAM | APAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | 49 | 73 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 82 |
| Data | 41 | 58 | 78 | 62 | 81 | 55 |
| Product | 47 | 74 | 53 | 52 | 65 | 82 |
| Marketing | 43 | 72 | 73 | 88 | 72 | 69 |
| Sales | 82 | 60 | 64 | 58 | 86 | 76 |
| Support | 62 | 86 | 87 | 75 | 68 | 49 |
| Operations | 45 | 83 | 62 | 74 | 57 | 81 |
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07 · Employers and freshness
Who is hiring—and how fresh the market is.
Employer breadth reduces dependence on a small number of high-volume companies. Posting age helps distinguish an active market from a stale catalog.
| Employer | Active jobs | 30D change | Anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|
CACanonicalTechnology | 264 | +21.7% | 59 |
CFCloudflareInfrastructure | 197 | -5.3% | 12 |
GLGitLabSoftware | 186 | -15.8% | 53 |
AUAutomatticPublishing | 177 | +7.9% | 46 |
HSHubSpotCRM | 152 | -0.7% | 7 |
DEDeelHR technology | 148 | +8.8% | 19 |
ZAZapierAutomation | 143 | -0.7% | 30 |
RERemoteHR technology | 142 | +6.0% | 28 |
08 · Key takeaways
What the data means right now.
The index is most useful when individual statistics are read together rather than treated as isolated rankings.
Leading category momentum
Operations changed by +2.3% over the 30-day comparison window.
Anywhere remains scarce
12.5% of remote openings are modeled as truly location-independent. Most roles retain payroll, authorization, residency or timezone restrictions.
Pay visibility is measurable
Salary disclosure is currently 32.1%, with a -1.3 percentage-point change across the 30-day window.
Skills are shifting
AI / LLM is the strongest modeled skill signal this week at +29.3% over the comparison window.
Experience still matters
Mid-level and senior roles represent 67.0% of demand, while genuinely entry-level remote opportunity remains limited.
The catalog is current
67.4% of active listings were observed or refreshed during the last fourteen days.
Collection
Public remote job postings are observed from employer career pages and supported ATS boards. Each observation stores a stable source identifier, first-seen date, last-seen date and normalized job attributes.
Eligibility
A listing must describe a currently open remote position and provide a usable application destination. On-site-only roles, generic talent pools, unverifiable placeholders and expired listings are excluded.
Deduplication
Duplicate postings are consolidated using ATS identifiers, canonical application URLs, company identity, normalized title and location evidence. A repost may be treated as a new observation only when the source confirms a new opening.
Remote geography
Locations are derived from explicit eligibility language. Country, region, residency, work-authorization and timezone signals are preserved. Anywhere is assigned only when none of those restrictions exists; technically, those jobs carry no region taxonomy term.
Salary normalization
Only candidate compensation explicitly identified as salary, base pay, wages or an equivalent measure is used. Hourly values are annualized for full-time comparison, and currencies are converted using the rate saved for the observation date.
Index calculation
The Remote Hiring Index compares a weighted combination of active openings, new-posting velocity and unique hiring companies with a fixed baseline. Salary and Anywhere shares are reported separately and do not inflate the headline index.
| Metric | Definition | Refresh |
|---|---|---|
| Listings analyzed | Raw postings checked during the selected rolling window before eligibility and deduplication | Weekly |
| Active jobs | A unique eligible posting currently available at its source | Weekly |
| New postings | Eligible jobs first observed inside the selected window | Weekly |
| Hiring companies | Unique normalized employers with at least one active job | Weekly |
| Anywhere share | Jobs without geographic or mandatory timezone restrictions | Weekly |
| Salary transparency | Jobs with explicit usable candidate compensation | Weekly |
| Median salary | Median midpoint of normalized disclosed salary ranges | Weekly |
Limitations
The index represents the observable remote-job market within the covered sources, not every vacancy worldwide. Employer wording, delayed updates, duplicate publishing, currency conversion and changing source coverage can affect short-term values. Recent figures may be revised as listings are validated or removed.
10 · Questions
About the Remote Work Index.
Definitions and interpretation notes for readers, journalists, employers and researchers.
What does the Remote Hiring Index measure?
It measures relative remote hiring activity using active openings, newly observed postings and unique hiring companies. The fixed January 2026 demonstration baseline equals 100. The current modeled value is 114.0, which is +14.0% relative to that baseline.
Does “remote” mean candidates can work from any country?
No. A remote position may still be limited by country, payroll availability, residency, work authorization, language or working hours. The Anywhere category is reserved for vacancies without those restrictions.
Are estimated salaries included?
No. Market estimates may appear elsewhere on Jobicy, but the index’s advertised-salary statistics use only compensation explicitly provided in the original job posting.
Why can figures change after publication?
Employers edit, close and repost jobs. Validation may also identify duplicates or incorrect location and salary signals. Recent periods can therefore be revised while older monthly aggregates become more stable.
Can the data be cited or downloaded?
The production page will provide downloadable aggregated tables with the observation date, definitions and attribution guidance. Raw employer listings and personal candidate information will not be included.
How often does the report update?
The complete demonstration report advances every Monday in the WordPress site timezone. All rolling windows, chart dates and modeled values move together; reloading the page within the same model week produces the same results.
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