Hiring Trends in Japan
Most Active Companies
Hiring Trends in Japan
1,137 companies ranked by hiring activity, with 33,868 open permanent roles tracked daily from each company's own careers page.
Daily total across the 834 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.
372 companies
10,708
144 companies
3,975
73 companies
3,924
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
787 open roles
53%
Junior
271 open roles
20%
Senior
1,283 open roles
24%
Principal
137 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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| 3 |
| Turner & Townsend | 68 | 4 | 8 |
| Denso | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| FLUX | 66 | 2 | 6 |
| Macromill | 66 | 2 | 12 |
| WealthNavi | 66 | 1 | 5 |
| Anicom Group | 65 | 2 | 4 |
| IHI | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| Interstellar Technologies | 65 | 1 | 2 |
| Cornes & Company | 64 | 3 | 11 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical | 63 | 1 | 3 |
| Daiwa Life Next | 63 | 4 | 14 |
| Career Link | 62 | 2 | 4 |
| Dirbato | 62 | 1 | 6 |
| Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts | 62 | 12 | 24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical | 62 | 11 | 20 |
| Business Brain Showa-Ota | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical | 61 | 1 | 1 |
| SEGA | 61 | 0 | 3 |
| TIER IV | 61 | 11 | 17 |
| JMDC | 60 | 1 | 3 |
| AP Communications | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| H&M | 59 | 18 | 31 |
| Medtronic | 59 | 9 | 17 |
| AR Advanced Technology | 58 | 1 | 8 |
| Arkray | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| Asahi Kasei | 58 | 5 | 10 |
| ArkEdge Space | 57 | 2 | 6 |
| LITALICO | 57 | 3 | 5 |
| Seiko Epson | 57 | 1 | 2 |
| Buddica | 56 | 7 | 22 |
| Techtouch | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| Advantest | 55 | — | — |
| ASUENE | 55 | 2 | 11 |
| Bitkey | 55 | 3 | 6 |
| Lime | 55 | 4 | 7 |
| Bandai Namco Studio | 54 | 2 | 3 |
| Coca-Cola Bottlers | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| DHL | 54 | 4 | 14 |
| Lenovo | 54 | 14 | 23 |
| Loglass | 54 | 1 | 2 |
| Stryker | 54 | 9 | 11 |
| Bureau Veritas Japan | 53 | 1 | 5 |
| GE HealthCare | 53 | 6 | 11 |
| MetLife | 53 | 2 | 21 |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | 53 | 3 | 7 |
| Takenaka Corporation | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| Applied Technology | 52 | 2 | 5 |
| DOCOMO SMTB Net Bank | 51 | 2 | 3 |
| NSW | 51 | 0 | 38 |
47 companies
2,441
56 companies
2,138
40 companies
2,032
36 companies
1,834
92 companies
1,744
26 companies
1,706
68 companies
1,702
24 companies
1,600
55 companies
1,460
50 companies
1,216
22 companies
1,213
30 companies
1,110
24 companies
868
41 companies
847
43 companies
687
13 companies
637
31 companies
574
20 companies
500
18 companies
473
19 companies
431
12 companies
415
21 companies
388
21 companies
378
18 companies
366
21 companies
279
15 companies
276
11 companies
228
13 companies
138
846
63 companies
606
81 companies
552
144 companies
522
45 companies
457
47 companies
428
71 companies
368
90 companies
352
68 companies
335
61 companies
300
21 companies
217
59 companies
181
31 companies
179
37 companies
176
20 companies
171
27 companies
165
13 companies
147
26 companies
129
14 companies
121
23 companies
114
28 companies
107
7%
Lead / supervisor
1,925 open roles
53%
Manager
2,349 open roles
23%
Director and above
645 open roles
12%
No level in title
26,355 open roles
50%
Salary Changed Since Tracked
1,380