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Market Report
A practical view of hiring volume, role competition, salary visibility, locations, skills, and the employers shaping remote work.
Explore your salary and opportunity Oct 3, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 · 30 days15,089unique active remote jobs
1,123companies hiring
50.5%salary visibility
390configured active sources
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Executive brief
What stands out now
Three signals from the latest snapshot, selected directly from the published inventory and candidate-demand data.
Most new listings
Software
4,263 roles first observed during this report period.Most openings per candidate
Customer success
2,810.4 jobs per 100 active candidate profiles.Access and pay
Who can apply, and what the work pays
Location eligibility and compensation are reported separately, with coverage and sample sizes visible beside every estimate.
33.7% of listings state a timezone.
Median annualized salary across 7,624 salary-listed jobs.
5,166 newly observed and 251 confirmed closed in 30 days.
Hiring eligibility
Worldwide4.4%
659 jobsMultiple countries9.9%
1,489 jobsUnited States only54.7%
8,256 jobsSingle-country restricted26%
3,921 jobsLocation not structured5.1%
764 jobsAnnualized salary bands
Under $75k14.3%
1,092 jobs$75k-$99k10.3%
786 jobs$100k-$149k21.1%
1,607 jobs$150k-$199k24.4%
1,862 jobs$200k+29.9%
2,277 jobsBased only on listings with usable USD compensation. Coverage: 50.5%.
Median listed pay by role
| Role | Median | Salary visibility | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend | $183,000 | 45.4% | n=672 |
| DevOps | $181,500 | 49% | n=3,125 |
| Design and creative | $180,000 | 52% | n=3,310 |
| Backend | $178,000 | 50.2% | n=2,325 |
| Legal | $177,052 | 55% | n=3,764 |
| Mobile engineering | $174,000 | 55% | n=618 |
| HR and recruiting | $172,950 | 63.2% | n=3,075 |
| Security | $167,000 | 52.4% | n=4,905 |
| Software | $165,000 | 50.5% | n=6,101 |
| Sales | $165,000 | 53% | n=3,545 |
Listed pay vs. candidate minimums
| Role | Listed median | Candidate minimum | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and creative | $180,000 n=3310 | $20,000 n=1664 | +800% |
| Writing and content | $158,000 n=1298 | $24,000 n=1199 | +558.3% |
| Marketing | $159,500 n=4940 | $30,000 n=2131 | +431.7% |
| QA and testing | $162,100 n=1529 | $35,000 n=420 | +363.1% |
| Sales | $165,000 n=3545 | $36,000 n=973 | +358.3% |
| Legal | $177,052 n=3764 | $40,000 n=410 | +342.6% |
| Customer support | $150,000 n=5507 | $35,000 n=2957 | +328.6% |
| HR and recruiting | $172,950 n=3075 | $41,300 n=208 | +318.8% |
Market movement
What is gaining momentum
New and closed listings reveal flow; skills and employers show where that movement is concentrated.
Median age of currently active roles.
Median observed lifetime for roles closed this period.
Share of active jobs held by the ten largest hiring companies.
Skills adding the most new jobs
Cross-functional collaboration375 new+74
Attention to detail265 new+66
Process improvement104 new+57
Fluent English79 new+56
Project management226 new+53
Slack94 new+43
Cross-functional leadership152 new+42
Ability to follow detailed instructions41 new+40
Companies with fresh hiring
micro1600 active244 new
Gitlab339 active113 new
Affirm315 active108 new
Elevenlabs264 active93 new
Grafanalabs244 active80 new
Twilio222 active69 new
Centene Management Company LLC209 active96 new
Rws207 active127 new
Work shape
How employers define remote roles
Seniority and employment arrangements are normalized from current listings. Additional fields appear when source coverage is sufficient.
Seniority
Senior37.1%
5,602 jobsMid level33.8%
5,102 jobsLead / principal16.6%
2,505 jobsEntry level5.5%
826 jobsNot stated4.9%
733 jobsExecutive2.1%
321 jobsEmployment type
Full time84.1%
12,688 jobsContract24.5%
3,692 jobsPart time4.7%
703 jobsInternship0.4%
57 jobsW-20.2%
37 jobsShow fewer employment types
Project-Based0.2%
36 jobsPermanent0.2%
32 jobsW-2 Employee0.1%
10 jobsFixed-Term<0.1%
7 jobsApprenticeship<0.1%
7 jobsFixed-Term (24 Months)<0.1%
4 jobsRegular<0.1%
4 jobsPrn<0.1%
3 jobs1099<0.1%
2 jobsCo-Op<0.1%
2 jobsResearch Work Term<0.1%
2 jobsHourly<0.1%
2 jobsSeasonal<0.1%
2 jobsPer Diem<0.1%
2 jobsNot stated<0.1%
2 jobsFixed-Term (4 Months, January–April 2027)<0.1%
2 jobsFixed-Term (3 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsUnpaid Fellowship<0.1%
1 jobsGig<0.1%
1 jobsW2 Employee<0.1%
1 jobsOne-Time Task<0.1%
1 jobsNonexempt; Overtime Eligible<0.1%
1 jobsEmployee (W-2)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (Initial 6 Months, With Possibility Of Extension)<0.1%
1 jobsSelf-Employed (Autónomo)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Program (4 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Leave Cover<0.1%
1 jobs6 Months<0.1%
1 jobsW-2 Employment<0.1%
1 jobsReferral-Based<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Task-Based Contributor Opportunity<0.1%
1 jobsTask-Based<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Fellowship<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Project/Task-Based Contributor<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (4 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Per Task<0.1%
1 jobs13-Month Secondment<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (9 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsFellowship<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (18 Weeks)<0.1%
1 jobsDirect Hire Via Eor<0.1%
1 jobsShort-Term Engagement<0.1%
1 jobs6-Month Engagement<0.1%
1 jobsNon-Exempt<0.1%
1 jobsSelf Employed<0.1%
1 jobsB2B Arrangements<0.1%
1 jobsEmployment Of Record<0.1%
1 jobsListings may include more than one employment type.
Schedule
Not stated54.8%
8,274 jobsFlexible22.7%
3,426 jobsFixed18.2%
2,741 jobsAsync-first4.2%
635 jobsShift-based0.1%
8 jobsAsync / flexible<0.1%
5 jobsBenefits stated
Parental leave8.4%
1,272 jobsPaid parental leave8.1%
1,228 jobsDental insurance7.4%
1,117 jobsVision insurance7%
1,062 jobsPaid time off6.6%
998 jobsEquity5.6%
840 jobsHealth insurance5.2%
783 jobsCandidate behavior
What candidates do next
Privacy-safe activity from WFH.team helps distinguish interest from actual application progress.
Roles saved during this period.
Recorded outbound application starts.
Published after 25 reports.
Engagement by role
| Role | Events | Saves | Apply clicks | Applications | Per 100 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product | 3,058 | 811 | 1,004 | 791 | 24.5 |
| Customer support | 2,926 | 784 | 980 | 766 | 27.4 |
| Operations | 2,875 | 775 | 949 | 758 | 25.5 |
| Software | 2,867 | 769 | 958 | 756 | 23.8 |
| Data | 2,485 | 663 | 812 | 646 | 22.6 |
| Customer success | 2,297 | 604 | 745 | 591 | 23 |
| Marketing | 2,133 | 566 | 707 | 552 | 22.7 |
| Healthcare admin | 1,996 | 547 | 660 | 534 | 22 |
| Security | 1,945 | 507 | 621 | 497 | 20.8 |
| Finance and investments | 1,761 | 458 | 571 | 447 | 22.6 |
Engagement counts describe activity recorded in WFH.team, not every application made on employer sites. Outcome rates are withheld until at least 25 reports exist.
Collection coverage and known gaps
Salary50.5%
Hiring countries94.3%
Time zones33.7%
Employment type100%
Seniority95.1%
Skills99.8%
Experience requirement73.5%
Education requirement56.5%
Visa sponsorship8.9%
Work authorization28.3%
Schedule type83.6%
Overlap hours20.7%
Benefits71.1%
Role landscape
Where remote hiring is concentrated
Each unique job may match more than one role family. Category counts overlap and should not be added; fresh-share shows how much of each category was first observed during this period.
Role categoryJobs matching categoryFresh shareCandidate balanceApplications
The headline counts 15,089 unique jobs once. These rows are overlapping category matches. Candidate balance is hidden when fewer than 10 active profiles represent a category.
Leading signals
Where, what, and who is hiring
Ranked by active listings. Counts describe the current WFH.team inventory, not the entire labor market.
Reading guide
Turn the report into decisions
Find less crowded lanes
Compare openings per 100 candidates, then inspect fresh-share and salary visibility before choosing where to focus applications.
See where supply is tight
Use category balance and leading skills to understand which roles may need broader location eligibility or clearer compensation.
Read changes, not totals alone
Use the rolling period and prior-period comparison for direction. Category totals overlap and should not be added together.
Methodology
How the report is built
These figures describe jobs observed by WFH.team, not the entire remote labor market. New jobs means newly observed listings, not necessarily newly created positions. Changes can reflect source coverage as well as employer hiring activity.
When citing a finding, include the report period and link to this report or its dated archive. CSV and JSON downloads are available above.
- scope
- Confirmed remote listings observed by WFH.team, excluding rejected jobs and test application URLs.
- period
- Rolling 30-day window compared with the preceding 30 days. New jobs counts listings first observed in that window, not additions on a single day. The total can fall when older observations leave the window, even while new jobs arrive; aging out does not mean a job closed.
- salary
- Salary statistics use annualized USD minimums, maximums, or midpoints only when compensation is stated. Every result includes its sample size.
- closures
- Confirmed closures use source deadlines or explicit employer closure actions. Age, source failures, and missing feed entries are not closure evidence. Earlier cleanup-based closure counts are excluded from the confirmed-closure trend.
- freshness
- Posted dates are preferred when supplied by the source; otherwise WFH.team's first observation date is used.
- limitations
- Listings can appear in more than one role category, skill, or hiring location. First-seen dates are observation dates when original posting dates are unavailable, and tracked applications do not represent all off-site activity.
- headline count
- The headline active-jobs figure counts unique listings once.
- candidate privacy
- Candidate demand is shown only for categories with at least 10 active profiles. Salary alignment requires at least 25 candidates and 10 salary-bearing jobs.
- category counting
- Role categories are multi-label: one listing can match several categories, so category counts overlap and must not be added together.
- engagement privacy
- Category engagement and outcomes are shown only after at least 25 recorded events or reports.
Last published Nov 2, 2026. Counts change as employers publish, update, and close roles.
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