Medical industry postings rise over 28 days
Medical industry postings increased by 128 (79.5%) to 289, while FMCG fell by 165 (-55.9%) to 130 and Retail fell by 137 (-68.8%) to 62.
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This week at a glance
Kenya job postings fall across most categories as entry-level and medical roles rise
Active job postings totalled 1,110 in the current week, down from a previous sample of 1,713. New postings were 1,103, revalidated postings were 7, and 1,023 postings closed. Over the 28-day window, most listed industries, functions, regions and seniority categories declined compared with the previous period, while Medical, Sales & Marketing and Engineering industries and the Entry and Middle seniority categories increased. Over the 7-day window, declines were broad across industries, functions, seniority categories, regions and keywords.
Entry seniority gains over 28 days
Entry seniority postings rose by 432 (105.9%) to 840, and Middle rose by 198 (70.2%) to 480, while Mid level fell by 602 (-71.7%) to 238.
Nairobi County declines over 28 days
Nairobi County postings fell by 408 (-21.6%) to 1,484, and Nairobi fell by 138 (-6.8%) to 1,881, while Elgeyo Marakwet rose by 83 to 85 and Kisumu rose by 49 (80.3%) to 110.
7-day declines are broad
Over 7 days, Financial Services fell by 86 (-70.5%) to 36, Education fell by 81 (-60.0%) to 54, and Engineering fell by 53 (-58.2%) to 38; internship fell by 280 (-33.7%) to 551 and finance fell by 207 (-40.7%) to 301.
Keyword shifts over 28 days
The keyword 'entry level' rose by 221 (21.2%) to 1,261 and 'management' rose by 169 (55.6%) to 473, while 'Nairobi' fell by 374 (-22.8%) to 1,264 and 'Full Time' fell by 332 (-36.2%) to 585.
AI-assisted summary. Figures are calculated from active job records.
1110Active jobs
1103New
7Revalidated
1023Closed
Data in context
Movements worth watching
28d
28-day industry changes
CurrentPrevious
Financial Services
364 / 277
+87 (+31.4%)
Medical
289 / 161
+128 (+79.5%)
Sales & Marketing
266 / 166
+100 (+60.2%)
Engineering
247 / 155
+92 (+59.4%)
FMCG
130 / 295
-165 (-55.9%)
Higher Education
130 / 249
-119 (-47.8%)
28d
28-day seniority changes
CurrentPrevious
Not specified
915 / 1108
-193 (-17.4%)
Entry
840 / 408
+432 (+105.9%)
Mid Level
489 / 395
+94 (+23.8%)
Middle
480 / 282
+198 (+70.2%)
Management
352 / 273
+79 (+28.9%)
Entry level
309 / 574
-265 (-46.2%)
7d
7-day function changes
CurrentPrevious
internship
551 / 831
-280 (-33.7%)
sales
317 / 432
-115 (-26.6%)
finance
301 / 508
-207 (-40.7%)
entregador
200 / 370
-170 (-45.9%)
technology
166 / 203
-37 (-18.2%)
call_center
146 / 219
-73 (-33.3%)
Supporting data
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28-day Industry movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMCG | 130 | 295 | -165 | -55.9% |
| Retail | 62 | 199 | -137 | -68.8% |
| Medical | 289 | 161 | +128 | +79.5% |
| University | 78 | 202 | -124 | -61.4% |
| Higher Education | 130 | 249 | -119 | -47.8% |
| Sales & Marketing | 266 | 166 | +100 | +60.2% |
| Engineering & Technology | 20 | 114 | -94 | -82.5% |
| Engineering | 247 | 155 | +92 | +59.4% |
| Financial Services | 364 | 277 | +87 | +31.4% |
| Manufacturing & Warehousing | 27 | 114 | -87 | -76.3% |
| Construction | 100 | 184 | -84 | -45.7% |
| IT & Telecoms | 30 | 114 | -84 | -73.7% |
28-day Function movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| entregador | 1252 | 1613 | -361 | -22.4% |
| sales | 1469 | 1792 | -323 | -18.0% |
| internship | 2838 | 3147 | -309 | -9.8% |
| technology | 736 | 1027 | -291 | -28.3% |
| hospitality | 303 | 580 | -277 | -47.8% |
| call_center | 715 | 966 | -251 | -26.0% |
| part_time | 345 | 562 | -217 | -38.6% |
| finance | 1753 | 1937 | -184 | -9.5% |
| Sales | 354 | 495 | -141 | -28.5% |
| Academic | 99 | 231 | -132 | -57.1% |
| retail | 399 | 521 | -122 | -23.4% |
| tempo_parcial | 28 | 146 | -118 | -80.8% |
28-day Seniority movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | 238 | 840 | -602 | -71.7% |
| Entry | 840 | 408 | +432 | +105.9% |
| Entry level | 309 | 574 | -265 | -46.2% |
| Middle | 480 | 282 | +198 | +70.2% |
| Not specified | 915 | 1108 | -193 | -17.4% |
| Senior level | 69 | 170 | -101 | -59.4% |
| Mid Level | 489 | 395 | +94 | +23.8% |
| Management | 352 | 273 | +79 | +28.9% |
| mid | 304 | 369 | -65 | -17.6% |
| Entry to mid level | 134 | 180 | -46 | -25.6% |
| Internship & Graduate | 7 | 48 | -41 | -85.4% |
| senior | 284 | 315 | -31 | -9.8% |
28-day Region movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi County | 1484 | 1892 | -408 | -21.6% |
| Not specified | 762 | 1005 | -243 | -24.2% |
| Nairobi | 1881 | 2019 | -138 | -6.8% |
| Elgeyo Marakwet | 85 | 2 | +83 | +4150.0% |
| Machakos | 35 | 118 | -83 | -70.3% |
| Kiambu | 113 | 169 | -56 | -33.1% |
| Kisumu | 110 | 61 | +49 | +80.3% |
| Nyamira | 49 | 0 | +49 | |
| Meru County | 63 | 20 | +43 | +215.0% |
| Bungoma | 46 | 6 | +40 | +666.7% |
| Kilifi | 49 | 14 | +35 | +250.0% |
| Tharaka-Nithi | 3 | 36 | -33 | -91.7% |
28-day Keyword movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | 1264 | 1638 | -374 | -22.8% |
| Full Time | 585 | 917 | -332 | -36.2% |
| mid level | 904 | 1230 | -326 | -26.5% |
| entry level | 1261 | 1040 | +221 | +21.2% |
| Kenya | 601 | 799 | -198 | -24.8% |
| management | 473 | 304 | +169 | +55.6% |
| county government | 236 | 73 | +163 | +223.3% |
| part time | 31 | 187 | -156 | -83.4% |
| nairobi cbd | 172 | 326 | -154 | -47.2% |
| research | 133 | 276 | -143 | -51.8% |
| lecturer | 112 | 240 | -128 | -53.3% |
| middle level | 278 | 162 | +116 | +71.6% |
28-day Employer concentration
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brites Management Services Limited | 0 | 285 | -285 | -100.0% |
| Kaziweza Limited | 31 | 137 | -106 | -77.4% |
| Chuka University | 2 | 101 | -99 | -98.0% |
| Kenya-AIST | 0 | 84 | -84 | -100.0% |
| Work Global Careers Limited | 10 | 63 | -53 | -84.1% |
| Green Earth | 0 | 53 | -53 | -100.0% |
| Kenya Space Agency | 0 | 51 | -51 | -100.0% |
| Sales & Marketing Jobs In Kenya | 50 | 0 | +50 | |
| AA Kenya | 51 | 3 | +48 | +1600.0% |
| Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind | 0 | 46 | -46 | -100.0% |
| Nyamira County Public Service Board | 45 | 0 | +45 | |
| Bandari Maritime Academy | 44 | 0 | +44 |
7-day Industry movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Services | 36 | 122 | -86 | -70.5% |
| Education | 54 | 135 | -81 | -60.0% |
| Engineering | 38 | 91 | -53 | -58.2% |
| International Development | 30 | 81 | -51 | -63.0% |
| Healthcare | 63 | 107 | -44 | -41.1% |
| Public Sector | 15 | 58 | -43 | -74.1% |
| NGO | 65 | 105 | -40 | -38.1% |
| Manufacturing | 18 | 57 | -39 | -68.4% |
| Oil and Gas | 8 | 45 | -37 | -82.2% |
| Medical | 33 | 68 | -35 | -51.5% |
| Higher Education | 10 | 45 | -35 | -77.8% |
| Telecommunications | 9 | 43 | -34 | -79.1% |
7-day Function movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| internship | 551 | 831 | -280 | -33.7% |
| finance | 301 | 508 | -207 | -40.7% |
| entregador | 200 | 370 | -170 | -45.9% |
| seguranca | 116 | 247 | -131 | -53.0% |
| security | 116 | 247 | -131 | -53.0% |
| sales | 317 | 432 | -115 | -26.6% |
| call_center | 146 | 219 | -73 | -33.3% |
| part_time | 50 | 109 | -59 | -54.1% |
| factory | 47 | 101 | -54 | -53.5% |
| Business Development | 29 | 74 | -45 | -60.8% |
| technology | 166 | 203 | -37 | -18.2% |
| Lecturer | 21 | 58 | -37 | -63.8% |
7-day Seniority movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not specified | 166 | 286 | -120 | -42.0% |
| Senior | 53 | 128 | -75 | -58.6% |
| Mid Level | 87 | 159 | -72 | -45.3% |
| Middle | 92 | 138 | -46 | -33.3% |
| mid | 37 | 81 | -44 | -54.3% |
| Entry | 197 | 240 | -43 | -17.9% |
| senior | 44 | 86 | -42 | -48.8% |
| Mid-level | 31 | 68 | -37 | -54.4% |
| Management | 82 | 115 | -33 | -28.7% |
| Mid | 5 | 27 | -22 | -81.5% |
| Entry level | 78 | 59 | +19 | +32.2% |
| Mid level | 26 | 42 | -16 | -38.1% |
7-day Region movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi County | 99 | 369 | -270 | -73.2% |
| Kisumu | 12 | 79 | -67 | -84.8% |
| Nairobi | 503 | 567 | -64 | -11.3% |
| Not specified | 151 | 204 | -53 | -26.0% |
| Marsabit | 1 | 27 | -26 | -96.3% |
| Elgeyo Marakwet | 4 | 21 | -17 | -81.0% |
| Kisumu County | 0 | 15 | -15 | -100.0% |
| Kiambu | 26 | 40 | -14 | -35.0% |
| Kisii County | 15 | 2 | +13 | +650.0% |
| Meru County | 10 | 22 | -12 | -54.5% |
| Kilifi | 9 | 20 | -11 | -55.0% |
| Makueni | 3 | 13 | -10 | -76.9% |
7-day Keyword movements
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full time | 851 | 1273 | -422 | -33.2% |
| nairobi | 419 | 616 | -197 | -32.0% |
| Nairobi | 178 | 339 | -161 | -47.5% |
| kenya | 224 | 382 | -158 | -41.4% |
| Full Time | 21 | 135 | -114 | -84.4% |
| mid level | 161 | 241 | -80 | -33.2% |
| engineering | 43 | 114 | -71 | -62.3% |
| diploma | 29 | 99 | -70 | -70.7% |
| Kenya | 103 | 163 | -60 | -36.8% |
| customer acquisition | 11 | 69 | -58 | -84.1% |
| county government | 14 | 65 | -51 | -78.5% |
| sales officer | 0 | 48 | -48 | -100.0% |
7-day Employer concentration
| Segment | Current 7 days | Previous 7 days | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA Kenya | 51 | 0 | +51 | |
| Mogo Finance | 1 | 52 | -51 | -98.1% |
| Sales & Marketing Jobs In Kenya | 46 | 0 | +46 | |
| Maseno University | 0 | 33 | -33 | -100.0% |
| Finance Jobs In Kenya | 28 | 0 | +28 | |
| Royal Mabati Factory | 0 | 28 | -28 | -100.0% |
| Kenya Pipeline Company | 0 | 28 | -28 | -100.0% |
| Public Service Commission Kenya | 26 | 0 | +26 | |
| Diageo (EABL) | 25 | 0 | +25 | |
| Baker Hughes | 1 | 26 | -25 | -96.2% |
| Sheer Logic Management Consultants (SLMC) | 0 | 25 | -25 | -100.0% |
| Sheer Logic | 0 | 25 | -25 | -100.0% |
12-week snapshot history
| Start | End | Sample | Suppressed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-29 | 1110 | No |
| 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-28 | 1363 | No |
| 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-24 | 1367 | No |
Methodology
This report compares active jobs by first-seen date across two complete seven-day windows. Source-concentration statistics are excluded from public reporting.
Period: 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-29. Previous period: 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-22.
Reports are suppressed when the current sample is below the minimum threshold.