JVR JOBS DATA DESK
South African job market data you can inspect
Explore patterns in vacancy listings published through JVR Jobs. Compare places, categories, employers and sources, without confusing listings with hires or official employment creation.
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ACTIVITY
Listings published by day
View accessible data table
| Date | Listings |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | 391 |
| 2026-09-15 | 826 |
| 2026-09-16 | 802 |
| 2026-09-17 | 650 |
| 2026-09-18 | 910 |
| 2026-09-19 | 548 |
| 2026-09-20 | 93 |
| 2026-09-21 | 163 |
| 2026-09-22 | 417 |
| 2026-09-23 | 815 |
| 2026-09-24 | 561 |
| 2026-09-25 | 77 |
| 2026-09-26 | 0 |
| 2026-09-27 | 146 |
| 2026-09-28 | 53 |
| 2026-09-29 | 7,595 |
| 2026-09-30 | 2,550 |
| 2026-10-01 | 1,031 |
| 2026-10-02 | 675 |
| 2026-10-03 | 886 |
| 2026-10-04 | 982 |
| 2026-10-05 | 1,264 |
| 2026-10-06 | 1,817 |
| 2026-10-07 | 1,911 |
| 2026-10-08 | 1,005 |
| 2026-10-09 | 930 |
| 2026-10-10 | 771 |
| 2026-10-11 | 124 |
| 2026-10-12 | 133 |
| 2026-10-13 | 412 |
GEOGRAPHY
Province signals
Province is inferred from supplied province, region or place text. Unclear records stay explicitly unidentified.
PLACES
Most-mentioned locations
Raw location labels supplied with listings; national listings remain visible.
WORK
Leading job categories
ORGANISATIONS
Top 10 employers and recruiters by listing count
Ranks named organisations by listings published in this period. It measures advertising activity, not hires, vacancies filled or employer quality. “Unspecified” is excluded from the ranking.
MOMENTUM
Categories growing fastest
Compares this 30 days with the immediately preceding period. Requires at least five listings in both periods.
- Other Engineering+1,822.2%865 vs 45
- Other Clearing and Forwarding+1,282.4%235 vs 17
- Other Motoring+533.3%114 vs 18
- Other Management+518.2%204 vs 33
- Other Professions+411.8%174 vs 34
- Other Retail+367.7%290 vs 62
MOMENTUM
Locations growing fastest
Useful as a listing-demand signal, not proof that employment grew in the area.
- Cape Town+278.2%1,895 vs 501
- East London+240.2%313 vs 92
- East Rand+180.8%73 vs 26
- Johannesburg North+135.8%422 vs 179
- Umhlanga+133.3%63 vs 27
- Waterberg+121.1%42 vs 19
HISTORY
Monthly publication history
The first snapshot reflects history that was still available in the JVR Jobs database. Routine updates retain older daily aggregates after a two-day correction window, so future history is not erased when listings expire.
View monthly table
| Month | Listings |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 268 |
| 2026-06 | 1,812 |
| 2026-07 | 38,126 |
| 2026-08 | 15,677 |
| 2026-09 | 27,958 |
| 2026-10 | 11,941 |
PROVENANCE
Where listings entered JVR Jobs
| Source | Listings |
|---|---|
| JobMail | 18,856 |
| Adzuna | 9,624 |
| Direct employer submission | 58 |
Imported feeds and direct employer submissions are kept separate so the numbers are not presented as though JVR Jobs created every vacancy.
DATA QUALITY
What the source data can support
Salary field
| Coverage | Listings |
|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 15,567 |
| Amount or range supplied | 6,361 |
| Unknown / not supplied | 5,433 |
| Described, not quantified | 812 |
| Other salary text | 365 |
Remote-work flag
| Coverage | Listings |
|---|---|
| Not tagged as remote | 28,480 |
| Unknown / not supplied | 58 |
METHODOLOGY
Credibility starts with saying what the data is, and what it is not
What is counted
Each record is a vacancy listing retained as published by JVR Jobs. Counts are grouped by the listing publication date stored by the site.
What is not counted
Applications, interviews, hires, filled positions and net employment creation are not inferred from a listing. A listing may advertise more than one position.
Coverage
The dataset combines imported feeds and direct employer submissions. It is useful for studying JVR Jobs listing activity, but it is not a census of every vacancy in South Africa.
Duplicates and revisions
Importer identifiers reduce repeated feed records, but employers may advertise similar vacancies across sources or dates. Aggregates should be interpreted as listings, not guaranteed unique roles.
Historical snapshots
Recent dates are recalculated for late imports and corrections. Older aggregate rows are retained, allowing the historical series to survive normal vacancy expiry.
Location method
Raw locations remain available. Province signals use a documented place-name mapping and keep ambiguous records in “Province not identified”.
Privacy
Only aggregate vacancy data is published here. Jobseeker profiles, contact details and application information are not part of this dataset.