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Africa markets

South Africa job market

Official market size and labour demand, compared with the active job listings JobLake currently observes across employers, agencies and portals.

JobLake coverage

1,548

deduplicated active jobs

Updated Aug 2026

Population

64,747,319

Period ending Dec 2025

Labour force

26,731,522

Period ending Dec 2025

Unemployed

8,658,607

Period ending Dec 2025

Calculated from sources

Unemployment rate

32.4%

Period ending Dec 2025

Vacancy rate

n/a

Not available

Available jobs

n/a

Not available

Coverage snapshot

What JobLake sees now

Listings are deduplicated across sources. The observed-listing ratio compares today's JobLake catalog with the latest published available-jobs measure; it is directional because one available job can produce multiple advertisements, and some are never advertised online.

1,548

Active jobs

18

Added in 24h

486

Added in 7 days

254

Companies

8

Agencies

14

Job portals

0

Duplicates collapsed

n/a

Listings / available jobs

41

With known salary

Jobs by industry

Where hiring is concentrated

Hospitality & tourism209 · 13.5%
Software & IT172 · 11.1%
Food & beverage156 · 10.1%
Retail & e-commerce139 · 9%
Manufacturing115 · 7.4%
Banking & finance96 · 6.2%
Transport & logistics94 · 6.1%
Consulting81 · 5.2%
Automotive64 · 4.1%
Energy & utilities64 · 4.1%

Main job posters

Companies

  1. 01Marriott International136
  2. 02SGS78
  3. 03AB InBev71
  4. 04Radisson Hotel Group51
  5. 05AVI Limited45
  6. 06HCLTech44
  7. 07Anglo American39
  8. 08DSV39
  9. 09adidas38
  10. 10Red Bull34

Recruitment market

Agencies

  1. 01Robert Walters12
  2. 02Acacium Group7
  3. 03Darwin Recruitment2
  4. 04Network IT2
  5. 05Abalobi Solutions1
  6. 06Next Ventures1
  7. 07Twiga Consulting1
  8. 08Twiga Consulting (Pty) Ltd1

Distribution

Job portals

  1. 01beBee17
  2. 02Pnet9
  3. 03Jooble7
  4. 04SANOVA.co.za7
  5. 05Indeed5
  6. 06SANOVA.co.za — 100,000 Jobs In South Africa4
  7. 07Careers243
  8. 08Jobrapido.com3
  9. 09LinkedIn3
  10. 10ClimateTechList2

Sources and methodology

Trace every headline number

Population

World Bank World Development Indicators / UN

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour force

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Unemployed

JobLake derivation from World Bank/ILO indicators

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Derived from official data

Unemployment rate

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour-market indicators update on their source's release schedule. JobLake catalog data refreshes hourly, and historical snapshots are retained so coverage can be measured over time.