Quick answer 2,617 of the 4,265 open roles that carry a posting date (61%) have been up for 60 days or more, and the median role has been up for 131 days. On the platforms we were already reading, 147 roles were added and 183 closed since 20 October 2026. 15% of roles tagged with a level are entry level. Updated 22 October 2026
How long roles have been up
Open roles by age, using the posting date the platform gives. 4,265 of the 4,890 open roles (talent pools left out) carry one. The oldest dates back 11 years, which is what its platform shows.
under 30 days: 24% · 30 to 59 days: 14% · 60 to 89 days: 5% · 90 days or more: 56%.
Open roles by days since posting
4,265 open roles with a posting date. The most common range is 180+ (1,464, 34%). Dashed line: median 131 days.
Two-week ranges. In gold: roles up for 56 days (eight weeks) or more.
| Range | open roles with a posting date |
|---|---|
| 0–13 | 621 |
| 14–27 | 345 |
| 28–41 | 375 |
| 42–55 | 277 |
| 56–69 | 123 |
| 70–83 | 117 |
| 84–97 | 65 |
| 98–111 | 67 |
| 112–125 | 127 |
| 126–139 | 305 |
| 140–153 | 210 |
| 154–167 | 123 |
| 168–179 | 46 |
| 180+ | 1464 |
Which platforms have the oldest listings
The share of each platform's dated roles that have been up for 60 days or more (platforms with at least 30 dated roles).
- 10x Team 107 dated roles100%
- Rise Data Labs 73 dated roles100%
- Claru 60 dated roles100%
- Babel Audio 43 dated roles100%
- Invisible 558 dated roles97.8%
- Perle 63 dated roles96.8%
- Welo Data 219 dated roles87.2%
- Lilt 371 dated roles86.3%
- Anyone AI 194 dated roles75.3%
- TSMG 160 dated roles72.5%
- Sigma AI 97 dated roles70.1%
- Lionbridge AI Data Training 50 dated roles70%
An old date is not proof a role is stale: some platforms keep a role open to build a pool, or keep its original date when they refresh it.
Added against closed
Since 20 October 2026, on the platforms we were already reading, 147 roles were added and 183 closed: 36 more closed than added. Our record of individual roles is only a day long so far, so this widens into a full week as days pass.
- 2 added100 closed
- 44 added0 closed
- 7 added12 closed
- 14 added4 closed
- 10 added7 closed
- 3 added11 closed
- 14 added0 closed
- 14 added0 closed
- 1 added12 closed
- 0 added13 closed
- 1 added11 closed
- 11 added1 closed
Platforms we began reading in this period, so their existing roles aren't counted as new: 10x Team (126), Aptura (26), HumanSignal (34), Jobgether (12), JT AI Labs (144), Lifted, an Upwork Company (48), Lilt (375), Lionbridge AI Data Training (50), Perle (64), TELUS Digital AI Community (14), TSMG (160), Turing (215).
These figures show what changed on the boards, not how many people were hired or how many vacancies were cancelled.
Reposts
We haven't seen any role closed and then listed again under the same title yet. We keep a record of every role's title from 20 October 2026, so reposts will show here as they happen.
Hiring patterns
Which weekdays roles are posted on, from the 2,332 roles posted in the last 120 days whose platform gives a date: 94% go up Monday to Friday.
- Monday 20%468
- Tuesday 19%434
- Wednesday 20%462
- Thursday 18%424
- Friday 18%409
- Saturday 4%100
- Sunday 2%35
Roles that closed since 20 October 2026 had been up a median of 41 days from their posting date (332 roles with a date). 42% closed within 30 days and 17% after 90 or more.
Posting dates are the platforms' own, read as UTC days. Some platforms keep a role's first date when they refresh it.
Hours a week
How many hours a week roles ask for, from the 1,846 open roles that say (the top of the range where they give one). The median is 20 hours.
Weekly hours roles ask for
1,846 roles that state their hours. The most common range is 20–24 hours (643, 35%). Dashed line: median 20h.
| Range | roles that state their hours |
|---|---|
| 0–4 hours | 1 |
| 5–9 hours | 5 |
| 10–14 hours | 395 |
| 15–19 hours | 105 |
| 20–24 hours | 643 |
| 25–29 hours | 22 |
| 30–34 hours | 47 |
| 35–39 hours | 15 |
| 40+ hours | 613 |
Entry level
Of the 3,170 open roles tagged with a level, 491 (15%) are entry level. 169 roles (3% of all open roles) say no experience is needed: see them.
- Entry level 15% of tagged roles491
- Mid level 25% of tagged roles787
- Senior 23% of tagged roles714
- Expert / credentialed 37% of tagged roles1,178
1,720 roles state no level, so they are left out of the split.
By country
The countries named by the most open roles. A role open to several countries counts under each. Every country, platform by platform.
- United States 43 platforms1,675
- India 34 platforms781
- United Kingdom 38 platforms683
- Canada 35 platforms546
- Germany 33 platforms511
- France 37 platforms433
- Spain 34 platforms396
- Brazil 28 platforms313
- Italy 28 platforms292
- Portugal 29 platforms267
How we count
- Age: the posting date the platform gives. Roles with no date, talent pools and paid studies are left out of the age figures.
- Added and closed: a role is added the first time we see it and closed when it leaves the platform's board. A platform's first day is treated as its backlog. We record this from 20 October 2026.
- Reposts: same platform, same title once case and punctuation are ignored, listed at least three hours after the earlier role closed.
- Levels: the level stated or inferred from each posting. Many postings state none.
- Limits: this is what platforms publish. It says nothing about whether anyone was hired. Full methodology.
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