If you're open to relocation or hybrid, prioritize Los Angeles, Los Angeles (CA (on-site)), San Carlos, California (United States), Manila, Manila (Philippines (hybrid)), Hayward, California (United States), and Bangalore, Bangalore (India) first.
For remote searches, set country-specific alerts for United States, United Kingdom, and Deutschland.
When applying in the hottest metros, submit within 24-48 hours because net-new volume is moving quickly.
Keep one alert for your primary target metro and one backup alert for a rising adjacent market.
Re-check this ranking weekly and move effort away from cooling markets.
Key takeaways
Total net-new postings (last 30 days): 270,399 vs 65,088 in the prior window (+205,311).
Top country by net-new postings: United States (+782 vs prior 30 days).
Top normalized metro: Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States) at 102,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
Top metro by absolute postings: Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States) (51 postings).
Biggest riser: Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States) (+49 vs prior 30 days).
Largest cooling market: Foster City, W (F) (-36 vs prior 30 days).
Data coverage
Parsed country coverage: 79.63% (215,321 of 270,399 postings).
Parsed city coverage: 70.78% (191,400 of 270,399 postings).
Unknown/unparsed values are excluded from Top N rankings and tracked separately here.
Hiring demand is not moving evenly across markets. Some metros are accelerating on both volume and density, while others are cooling after a stronger prior month.
Where the hiring is shifting
What we measured
Net-new postings: postings in the last 30 days minus postings in the prior 30-day window.
Job density (normalized rate): postings_last30 / active_companies_180d * 10,000. This controls for company presence in each metro rather than total population size.
Chart A: Top countries by net-new postings
Net-new postings
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Country
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
United States
1405
623
+782
+125.5%
CA (hybrid)
153
21
+132
+628.6%
India
120
29
+91
+313.8%
FL (hybrid)
75
20
+55
+275.0%
United Kingdom
76
22
+54
+245.4%
CA (on-site)
46
5
+41
+820.0%
Hamburg (hybrid)
43
9
+34
+377.8%
VA (hybrid)
37
4
+33
+825.0%
Philippines (hybrid)
34
5
+29
+580.0%
New York (hybrid)
41
15
+26
+173.3%
Country
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
United States
1405
623
+782
+125.5%
CA (hybrid)
153
21
+132
+628.6%
India
120
29
+91
+313.8%
FL (hybrid)
75
20
+55
+275.0%
United Kingdom
76
22
+54
+245.4%
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Chart B: Top metros by net-new postings per 10k companies
Postings per 10k companies
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Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Active companies (180d)
Postings per 10k companies
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
5
102,000.0
Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Active companies (180d)
Postings per 10k companies
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
5
102,000.0
Chart C: Top metros by absolute net-new postings
Postings (last 30d)
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Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
Chart D: Hotspots vs cooling markets (delta vs prior 30d)
Delta postings
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Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
Los Angeles, Los Angeles (CA (on-site))
44
5
+39
+780.0%
San Carlos, California (United States)
35
0
+35
+3500.0%
Hamburg, Hamburg (hybrid)
43
9
+34
+377.8%
Hayward, California (United States)
33
1
+32
+3200.0%
Foster City, W (F)
16
52
-36
-69.2%
Paris, Main Office (Main Office)
8
31
-23
-74.2%
Dubai, Main Office (Main Office)
10
26
-16
-61.5%
Metro
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Hybrid - San Francisco, California (United States)
51
2
+49
+2450.0%
Los Angeles, Los Angeles (CA (on-site))
44
5
+39
+780.0%
San Carlos, California (United States)
35
0
+35
+3500.0%
Hamburg, Hamburg (hybrid)
43
9
+34
+377.8%
Hayward, California (United States)
33
1
+32
+3200.0%
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Chart E: Total postings trend (last 60 days)
Total postings
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Day (UTC)
Postings
2026-01-27
939
2026-01-28
1977
2026-01-29
2196
2026-01-30
1848
2026-01-31
317
2026-02-01
155
2026-02-02
2154
2026-02-03
2311
2026-02-04
2234
2026-02-05
2463
2026-02-06
2754
2026-02-07
265
2026-02-08
152
2026-02-09
2077
2026-02-10
2755
2026-02-11
2643
2026-02-12
3102
2026-02-13
2909
2026-02-14
357
2026-02-15
135
2026-02-16
1842
2026-02-17
2947
2026-02-18
3599
2026-02-19
4018
2026-02-20
3868
2026-02-21
677
2026-02-22
262
2026-02-23
4260
2026-02-24
4805
2026-02-25
3735
2026-02-26
3999
2026-02-27
3821
2026-02-28
1553
2026-03-01
1159
2026-03-02
6895
2026-03-03
3535
2026-03-04
4842
2026-03-05
4742
2026-03-06
6896
2026-03-07
387
2026-03-08
511
2026-03-09
6285
2026-03-10
2551
2026-03-11
2599
2026-03-12
2565
2026-03-13
3174
2026-03-14
180
2026-03-15
2773
2026-03-16
2278
2026-03-17
2189
2026-03-18
3633
2026-03-19
4436
2026-03-20
5042
2026-03-21
3290
2026-03-22
140
2026-03-23
8358
2026-03-24
3253
2026-03-25
1413
2026-03-26
164152
2026-03-27
15080
2026-03-28
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Day (UTC)
Postings
2026-01-27
939
2026-01-28
1977
2026-01-29
2196
2026-01-30
1848
2026-01-31
317
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Chart F: Top U.S. regions by normalized rate
Postings per 10k companies
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Region
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Active companies (180d)
Postings per 10k companies
California (United States)
415
133
+282
+212.0%
111
37,387.4
Pennsylvania (United States)
59
18
+41
+227.8%
28
21,071.4
Massachusetts (United States)
85
32
+53
+165.6%
41
20,731.7
Texas (United States)
70
31
+39
+125.8%
54
12,963.0
New York (United States)
89
39
+50
+128.2%
73
12,191.8
Region
Postings (last 30d)
Postings (prior 30d)
Delta
Delta %
Active companies (180d)
Postings per 10k companies
California (United States)
415
133
+282
+212.0%
111
37,387.4
Pennsylvania (United States)
59
18
+41
+227.8%
28
21,071.4
Massachusetts (United States)
85
32
+53
+165.6%
41
20,731.7
Texas (United States)
70
31
+39
+125.8%
54
12,963.0
New York (United States)
89
39
+50
+128.2%
73
12,191.8
Remote-only roles snapshot
Remote-only postings are shown separately because they usually do not map cleanly to city-level metro buckets.
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Country
Remote-only postings (last 30d)
United States
13041
United Kingdom
643
Deutschland
565
Canada
524
India
382
Poland
338
Nederland
276
Germany
271
France
238
Philippines
222
Country
Remote-only postings (last 30d)
United States
13041
United Kingdom
643
Deutschland
565
Canada
524
India
382
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If you're open to relocation/hybrid, focus on these 5 areas
Los Angeles, Los Angeles (CA (on-site)): 44 postings in the last 30 days, +39 vs prior window, and 440,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
San Carlos, California (United States): 35 postings in the last 30 days, +35 vs prior window, and 350,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
Manila, Manila (Philippines (hybrid)): 33 postings in the last 30 days, +29 vs prior window, and 330,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
Hayward, California (United States): 33 postings in the last 30 days, +32 vs prior window, and 165,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
Bangalore, Bangalore (India): 33 postings in the last 30 days, +26 vs prior window, and 165,000.0 postings per 10k active companies.
Practical tips:
Create one alert per focus area with titles + local location terms (city, state, metro aliases).
Run a second broader alert for remote/hybrid to avoid missing adjacent opportunities.
Prioritize companies that posted repeatedly in the same area over the last month.
Rebalance your area list weekly using the risers/cooling table, not static assumptions.
Methodology and limitations
Methodology
Current window: 2026-02-26 to 2026-03-28 (UTC).
Prior window: 2026-01-27 to 2026-02-26 (UTC).
Net-new definition: Net-new postings by area = unique job postings in the current window minus unique job postings in the prior equal-length window.
Date fallback: 203,308 jobs (75.19%) used scannedAt fallback when postedAt was missing.
Coverage: parsed country 79.63%; parsed city 70.78%.
Normalization: Normalized postings per 10k = postings_last30 / distinct companies active in that area over the last 180 days * 10,000.
Geography logic: Country, region, and city are normalized before ranking. Country charts use country labels only; metro charts use City + Region + Country labels; region charts are U.S. states only to avoid mixed geography levels.
Remote handling: Metro and region rankings include only onsite/hybrid rows with concrete geography. Remote roles are reported separately by country.
Ranking thresholds: metros require at least 50 postings in the last 30 days; risers/cooling require at least 25 postings in either window.
Limitations
Location strings in ATS feeds are inconsistent, so some records remain unknown/unparsed.
Metro normalization controls for active-company presence in our dataset, not local labor force size.
Remote roles are split out because many rows use broad location labels (for example, Remote - United States).
This is a rolling 30-day snapshot and should be treated as directional, not permanent.
Unknown/unparsed non-remote rows this cycle: 230,820 (85.36%).