Hiring Trends in Japan
Most Active Companies
Hiring Trends in Japan
1,137 companies ranked by hiring activity, with 33,864 open permanent roles tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
Daily total across the 835 companies tracked through the whole period. Companies added mid-period are excluded until the window catches up to them. As of October 30, 2026 · tracked daily since August 17, 2026
Open permanent roles by the industry of the hiring company, across 31 industries with enough activity to report. A company can be counted under more than one industry, so these do not sum to the total.
373 companies
10,712
144 companies
3,976
73 companies
3,917
Open permanent roles by the prefecture stated in the posting, across the 24 prefectures with enough activity to report. Postings that state no location are not counted.
Share of open permanent roles that state an annual salary range, by the level named in the job title. Most Japanese postings name no level in the title; those sit in the last row.
Entry level
786 open roles
53%
Junior
272 open roles
20%
Senior
1,285 open roles
24%
Principal
133 open roles
Counts come from AirTA's own daily checks of each company's careers page. Added counts date a role from when AirTA first observed it. When a number cannot be measured reliably, it is hidden rather than estimated. Report a data issue.
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| 2 |
| DuPont | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| EcoVadis | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Edge Technology | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Effectual | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| ElevenLabs | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Eucalyptus | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Extreme Networks | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Figma Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| FIS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Genpact Japan | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| GKN Driveline Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Glean | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Helios | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hellohas Robotics | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Huatai Securities | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Illumina | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| joolen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Knit | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Macquarie Capital Securities Japan | 3 | — | — |
| MamaWell | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mettler-Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Morght | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MSX International | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| NetApp | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Nordson | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| NXP Semiconductors | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| PLUSEM | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Recorded Future | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| RWE | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Scoot | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Signify | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Solenis | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Syngenta | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Telexistence | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Teradyne | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| VusionGroup | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| White & Case | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Zendesk | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| ADrim | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Agilent Technologies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ANZ | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Apex Group Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Arista Networks | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| AU Energy Holdings | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Dennison | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| AVIAREPS Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Avnet | 2 | 0 | 0 |
47 companies
2,430
56 companies
2,138
40 companies
2,014
36 companies
1,834
92 companies
1,743
26 companies
1,706
68 companies
1,701
24 companies
1,592
55 companies
1,454
22 companies
1,214
50 companies
1,213
30 companies
1,108
24 companies
869
41 companies
849
43 companies
688
13 companies
634
31 companies
571
20 companies
483
18 companies
469
19 companies
429
12 companies
415
21 companies
388
21 companies
377
18 companies
367
21 companies
280
15 companies
278
11 companies
227
13 companies
139
845
63 companies
605
81 companies
551
144 companies
517
45 companies
460
47 companies
427
71 companies
365
90 companies
352
68 companies
335
61 companies
301
21 companies
217
59 companies
181
31 companies
179
37 companies
175
20 companies
171
27 companies
166
13 companies
147
26 companies
129
14 companies
121
23 companies
113
28 companies
107
8%
Lead / supervisor
1,927 open roles
52%
Manager
2,335 open roles
23%
Director and above
643 open roles
12%
No level in title
26,347 open roles
50%
Salary Changed Since Tracked
1,388