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Official profiles
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Middle East markets

United Arab Emirates job market

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

JobLake coverage

4,965

deduplicated active jobs

Updated Oct 2026

Population

11,513,149

Period ending Dec 2025

Labour force

7,602,907

Period ending Dec 2025

Unemployed

165,287

Period ending Dec 2025

Calculated from sources

Unemployment rate

2.2%

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.

4,965

Active jobs

176

Added in 24h

931

Added in 7 days

434

Companies

20

Agencies

42

Job portals

0

Duplicates collapsed

n/a

Listings / available jobs

67

With known salary

Jobs by industry

Where hiring is concentrated

Energy & utilities188 · 3.8%
Hospitality & tourism170 · 3.4%
Software & IT128 · 2.6%
Banking & finance102 · 2.1%
Construction98 · 2%
Retail & e-commerce73 · 1.5%
Manufacturing63 · 1.3%
Consulting35 · 0.7%
Transport & logistics28 · 0.6%
Fashion & luxury25 · 0.5%

Main job posters

Companies

  1. 01Marriott International1,187
  2. 02Hilton208
  3. 03AccorHotel194
  4. 04RIXOS144
  5. 05Radisson Hotel Group139
  6. 06Wood Group135
  7. 07Kerzner International125
  8. 08Worley120
  9. 09SOFITEL109
  10. 10WSP95

Recruitment market

Agencies

  1. 01Halian94
  2. 02Tiger Recruitment68
  3. 03Involved Solutions25
  4. 04Dautom23
  5. 05Forsyth Barnes17
  6. 06Huxley14
  7. 07Kintec12
  8. 08ASQ Education10
  9. 09Selby Jennings9
  10. 10Next Ventures8

Distribution

Job portals

  1. 01Indeed33
  2. 02GulfTalent24
  3. 03LinkedIn19
  4. 04Naukrigulf19
  5. 05beBee16
  6. 06Jooble15
  7. 07Bayt.com9
  8. 08Workable Jobs6
  9. 09Chronicle Of Higher Education5
  10. 10Jobleads5

Sources and methodology

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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.