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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 Sep 26, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026 · 30 days14,089unique active remote jobs
1,099companies hiring
50.4%salary visibility
380configured 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
Product
4,226 roles first observed during this report period.Most openings per candidate
Customer success
2,787.8 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.
34.6% of listings state a timezone.
Median annualized salary across 7,105 salary-listed jobs.
5,117 newly observed and 543 confirmed closed in 30 days.
Hiring eligibility
Worldwide4.1%
575 jobsMultiple countries9.6%
1,353 jobsUnited States only55.5%
7,813 jobsSingle-country restricted25.9%
3,650 jobsLocation not structured5%
698 jobsAnnualized salary bands
Under $75k14.4%
1,022 jobs$75k-$99k10.1%
720 jobs$100k-$149k21.2%
1,509 jobs$150k-$199k24.3%
1,724 jobs$200k+30%
2,130 jobsBased only on listings with usable USD compensation. Coverage: 50.4%.
Median listed pay by role
| Role | Median | Salary visibility | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend | $183,386 | 45.6% | n=629 |
| DevOps | $180,940 | 48.9% | n=2,926 |
| Design and creative | $180,000 | 51.6% | n=3,066 |
| Backend | $177,500 | 50.2% | n=2,226 |
| Legal | $177,325 | 54.9% | n=3,542 |
| Mobile engineering | $175,000 | 56.7% | n=602 |
| HR and recruiting | $170,000 | 63% | n=2,865 |
| Security | $166,430 | 52.1% | n=4,566 |
| Software | $165,000 | 50.4% | n=5,657 |
| Sales | $165,000 | 52.8% | n=3,286 |
Listed pay vs. candidate minimums
| Role | Listed median | Candidate minimum | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and creative | $180,000 n=3066 | $20,000 n=1657 | +800% |
| Writing and content | $158,000 n=1203 | $24,000 n=1187 | +558.3% |
| Marketing | $159,230 n=4596 | $30,000 n=2116 | +430.8% |
| QA and testing | $160,500 n=1400 | $35,000 n=403 | +358.6% |
| Sales | $165,000 n=3286 | $36,000 n=960 | +358.3% |
| Legal | $177,325 n=3542 | $40,000 n=408 | +343.3% |
| Customer support | $149,875 n=5118 | $35,000 n=2914 | +328.2% |
| Data | $164,500 n=5302 | $40,000 n=1478 | +311.2% |
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 collaboration372 new+135
Written and verbal communication351 new+108
Project management228 new+87
Attention to detail238 new+80
Cross-functional leadership157 new+68
Process improvement95 new+57
Fluent English64 new+45
Product management116 new+44
Companies with fresh hiring
micro1526 active233 new
Gitlab319 active125 new
Affirm278 active92 new
Elevenlabs251 active86 new
Grafanalabs235 active78 new
Twilio213 active73 new
Rws191 active114 new
Centene Management Company LLC185 active95 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
Senior37.3%
5,259 jobsMid level33.3%
4,696 jobsLead / principal16.6%
2,332 jobsEntry level5.4%
762 jobsNot stated5.3%
745 jobsExecutive2.1%
295 jobsEmployment type
Full time84.2%
11,857 jobsContract24.1%
3,390 jobsPart time4.6%
652 jobsInternship0.4%
54 jobsW-20.2%
35 jobsShow fewer employment types
Permanent0.2%
26 jobsProject-Based0.2%
25 jobsW-2 Employee0.1%
9 jobsApprenticeship<0.1%
7 jobsFixed-Term<0.1%
6 jobsPer Diem<0.1%
4 jobsFixed-Term (24 Months)<0.1%
4 jobs1099<0.1%
2 jobsSeasonal<0.1%
2 jobsResearch Work Term<0.1%
2 jobsCo-Op<0.1%
2 jobsHourly<0.1%
2 jobsFixed-Term (4 Months, January–April 2027)<0.1%
2 jobsNot stated<0.1%
2 jobsPrn<0.1%
2 jobsGig<0.1%
1 jobsW2 Employee<0.1%
1 jobs6 Months<0.1%
1 jobsW-2 Employment<0.1%
1 jobsEmployee (W-2)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Program (4 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Leave Cover<0.1%
1 jobsReferral-Based<0.1%
1 jobsTask-Based<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (4 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (3 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsUnpaid Fellowship<0.1%
1 jobsNonexempt; Overtime Eligible<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Project/Task-Based Contributor<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Task-Based Contributor Opportunity<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term Fellowship<0.1%
1 jobsPaid Per Task<0.1%
1 jobs13-Month Secondment<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (9 Months)<0.1%
1 jobsFixed-Term (18 Weeks)<0.1%
1 jobsFellowship<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%
7,609 jobsFlexible23.3%
3,288 jobsFixed18.3%
2,582 jobsAsync-first4.2%
597 jobsShift-based0.1%
8 jobsAsync / flexible<0.1%
5 jobsBenefits stated
Parental leave8.6%
1,218 jobsPaid parental leave7.8%
1,093 jobsDental insurance7.2%
1,011 jobsVision insurance6.8%
962 jobsPaid time off6.7%
947 jobsEquity5.4%
759 jobsHealth insurance5.3%
741 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 | 2,726 | 715 | 878 | 698 | 23.3 |
| Operations | 2,540 | 686 | 832 | 669 | 24.2 |
| Customer support | 2,521 | 668 | 814 | 652 | 25.3 |
| Software | 2,438 | 662 | 798 | 645 | 21.7 |
| Data | 2,160 | 576 | 703 | 558 | 21.1 |
| Customer success | 2,064 | 540 | 650 | 526 | 22.1 |
| Marketing | 1,864 | 493 | 613 | 480 | 21.3 |
| Healthcare admin | 1,810 | 490 | 585 | 477 | 21 |
| Security | 1,646 | 429 | 520 | 419 | 18.8 |
| Finance and investments | 1,452 | 372 | 460 | 359 | 20 |
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
Salary50.4%
Hiring countries94.5%
Time zones34.6%
Employment type100%
Seniority94.7%
Skills99.8%
Experience requirement73.5%
Education requirement56.4%
Visa sponsorship8.6%
Work authorization29.3%
Schedule type82.8%
Overlap hours20.9%
Benefits71.3%
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 14,089 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 Oct 26, 2026. Counts change as employers publish, update, and close roles.
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