Kenya job postings rise 88 percent

Kenya saw the largest increase in job postings in the last seven days, while Kuwait and Bahrain also experienced significant growth.

By Sofia Petrova, Mogi Research · Oct 10, 2026

Kenya added job postings, rising eighty eight percent in the last seven days. This follows a period where postings grew from eighty to one hundred fifty. The overall number of new job postings across all countries fell by one percent in the same period.

Kuwait saw postings surge one hundred twenty seven percent, from fifty two to one hundred eighteen. Bahrain postings rose ninety percent, from forty one to seventy eight. These countries all added job postings in the last week.

The rise in Kenyan job postings may be due to increased demand for roles such as Backend Engineer and Data Engineer. Other factors could include new project announcements or a general expansion of the tech sector. The surge in Kuwait and Bahrain may reflect similar economic factors or specific industry growth.

The numbers

Which countries grew the most in the last 7 days?

Name	Last 7 days	The 7 before	Change
Kenya	150	80	+88%
Kuwait	118	52	+127%
Bahrain	78	41	+90%
Peru	383	208	+84%
South Africa	1,516	861	+76%

Top roles: Backend Engineer (1), Data Engineer (1)

Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-10 with the 7 days before them. Covers all countries, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.

Written by Sofia Petrova of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.

Kenya job postings rise 88 percent

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