What the postings collected by AcademicGates say about hiring demand, pay, requirements and skills — by field, country and position type. Updated daily.
These figures are derived only from job postings collected by AcademicGates. They are indicative, may contain errors or gaps, and do not describe any specific institution, person or labour market. They are not official statistics.
Canonical postings per month on one continuous series since 2017. Months without collected data are left blank, not estimated. The chart is cut to the selected time range (rolling ranges show the last 12 months); month-on-month figures are as of today.
Postings by field, last 90 days (a posting tagged with several fields counts fractionally; m/m = change in the last full month).
Share of postings by position type, last 90 days.
Postings currently open by country (lifecycle-tracked). Tooltip shows how concentrated hiring is (HHI: 0 = spread across many institutions, 10,000 = one institution). Current state — not affected by the time range.
Postings and institutions hiring, last 90 days.
Annual salary converted to USD (hourly rates annualised at full-time hours). Bar = 25th–75th percentile, mark = median; only cells with 30+ postings that state a salary.
Fields with 30+ postings stating a salary, for the selected position type. Bar = 25th–75th percentile, mark = median.
USD at ECB monthly rates. Cost of living differs — the tooltip shows the PPP-adjusted median.
Share of academic postings by career stage. Early faculty = lecturer and assistant professor; senior = associate and full professor.
Postdoc postings per faculty posting (early + senior), by field. Higher means more postdocs competing for each faculty opening.
Share of postings on fixed-term, temporary or casual contracts, among postings that state a contract type.
Median stated contract length in months, by position type (postings that state a duration).
Share of a year's postings published in each month, averaged over complete years since 2017. Current state — not affected by the time range.
Days between publication and the stated deadline (median), where a real deadline is given.
Read from the posting text. Shares are among postings that state the item.
Share of postings requiring a PhD, tenure-track share among faculty posts, and visa sponsorship offered — each among postings that state the item.
Skills named in postings, normalised to ESCO / O*NET. Share of postings with at least one identified skill. AI/ML skills highlighted.
Topics found automatically in the text of postings from the last 12 months (largest first). Current state — not affected by the time range.
ESCO skill groups, share of postings with at least one identified skill.
Skills matched to the AI/ML list, share of postings with skills.
Share of postings (with identified skills) that mention at least one AI/ML skill.
Skills that are asked for together (co-occurrence clusters, refreshed weekly). Tooltip lists the main members. Current state — not affected by the time range.
Postings per million inhabitants, last 90 days — normalised so smaller countries are visible.
Postings by city, last 90 days (geocoded postings only).
Page views per posting on AcademicGates relative to the average for the scope (1.0 = average). Higher means more views per posting.
The academic job market shows a significant increase in postings over the last 90 days, with 19,839 positions listed. Lecturer roles dominate at 51%, followed by Professor positions at 24%. Health sciences, biological sciences, and clinical medicine are among the top fields, each accounting for about 8% of postings. Median salaries range from $60,523 for lecturers to $100,000 for professors.
By academic postings in the last 90 days, within the selected country. Current state — not affected by the time range.
Share of postings in the selected scope that state each item. Charts above are computed only on postings that state the item.
Postings are collected daily from university career sites and applicant-tracking platforms, de-duplicated, and enriched with a language model that reads the text (position type, field, salary, contract, requirements, skills). Salaries are annualised and converted to USD with monthly ECB rates. Cells with fewer than 30 postings are not shown. Historical postings (2017–2025) come from an earlier archive and are joined into one time series. Coverage is strongest for the United States; other countries are partial.
These figures are derived only from job postings collected by AcademicGates. They are indicative, may contain errors or gaps, and do not describe any specific institution, person or labour market. They are not official statistics. Source: postings collected by AcademicGates · computed 2026-10-03 · indicative only.