AI Jobs Monitor · Chart 6 of 6
Same crash, different recoveries
Australia is the only market at or above the level of 1 February 2020. US postings are up 22.3% on a year ago, the fastest rise of the six, and Germany is lowest at 48.3.
Software development postings on Indeed, 1 February 2020 = 100. Each panel shows the United States in grey for comparison.
United States, for comparisonMarket shown
United States79.4 · +22.3% YoY
Australia105.1 · −3.5% YoY
Canada76.2 · −3.6% YoY
United Kingdom60.7 · +1.9% YoY
France51.7 · −7.8% YoY
Germany48.3 · −16.1% YoY
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| Month | US | Australia | Canada | UK | France | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 79.4 | 105.1 | 76.2 | 60.7 | 51.7 | 48.3 |
| Sep 2026 | 77.1 | 107.0 | 77.4 | 62.1 | 53.3 | 48.9 |
| Aug 2026 | 74.4 | 104.6 | 77.1 | 59.9 | 51.2 | 50.1 |
| Jul 2026 | 75.0 | 108.8 | 78.0 | 60.2 | 51.2 | 51.1 |
| Jun 2026 | 73.1 | 116.2 | 80.0 | 59.8 | 50.8 | 51.8 |
| May 2026 | 74.1 | 118.8 | 78.3 | 62.7 | 52.9 | 53.9 |
| Apr 2026 | 72.8 | 121.1 | 77.0 | 62.9 | 55.0 | 54.6 |
| Mar 2026 | 71.6 | 121.2 | 79.5 | 64.2 | 56.1 | 57.1 |
| Feb 2026 | 70.3 | 122.1 | 78.9 | 64.9 | 57.1 | 58.3 |
| Jan 2026 | 68.1 | 122.5 | 83.7 | 63.8 | 54.7 | 58.2 |
| Dec 2025 | 66.9 | 114.9 | 84.7 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 56.8 |
| Nov 2025 | 66.2 | 113.4 | 81.4 | 60.5 | 55.5 | 57.7 |
| Oct 2025 | 64.9 | 109.0 | 79.0 | 59.5 | 56.1 | 57.6 |
| Sep 2025 | 64.7 | 107.1 | 77.8 | 59.2 | 57.5 | 58.1 |
| Aug 2025 | 66.1 | 112.4 | 79.7 | 60.3 | 57.4 | 59.4 |
| Jul 2025 | 65.4 | 113.6 | 78.1 | 59.8 | 58.6 | 60.0 |
| Jun 2025 | 65.4 | 111.9 | 77.7 | 59.3 | 60.8 | 62.7 |
| May 2025 | 62.7 | 109.2 | 75.0 | 54.7 | 63.7 | 63.6 |
| Apr 2025 | 63.5 | 107.1 | 75.8 | 54.6 | 65.3 | 64.8 |
| Mar 2025 | 62.3 | 106.5 | 74.0 | 54.3 | 67.6 | 66.0 |
| Feb 2025 | 64.9 | 110.7 | 73.3 | 55.6 | 69.1 | 66.7 |
| Jan 2025 | 67.5 | 111.2 | 73.5 | 57.8 | 71.4 | 70.1 |
| Dec 2024 | 67.4 | 106.2 | 73.9 | 57.8 | 71.6 | 70.2 |
| Nov 2024 | 67.3 | 104.7 | 72.4 | 57.3 | 72.6 | 70.2 |
| Oct 2024 | 68.7 | 103.0 | 72.2 | 56.9 | 74.8 | 71.7 |
| Sep 2024 | 69.4 | 104.8 | 72.1 | 58.5 | 80.2 | 73.5 |
| Aug 2024 | 68.4 | 103.1 | 70.3 | 56.7 | 83.4 | 78.4 |
| Jul 2024 | 70.1 | 102.4 | 69.6 | 60.0 | 86.0 | 81.2 |
| Jun 2024 | 69.9 | 104.9 | 69.5 | 61.0 | 88.5 | 84.7 |
| May 2024 | 69.1 | 104.3 | 71.1 | 65.2 | 92.1 | 88.0 |
| Apr 2024 | 70.4 | 105.0 | 69.6 | 66.8 | 94.3 | 91.0 |
| Mar 2024 | 70.8 | 102.9 | 68.7 | 68.9 | 96.5 | 93.9 |
| Feb 2024 | 71.1 | 104.3 | 70.4 | 67.7 | 99.6 | 97.8 |
| Jan 2024 | 71.8 | 109.4 | 72.5 | 71.0 | 103.9 | 101.7 |
| Dec 2023 | 72.5 | 104.2 | 72.4 | 72.9 | 106.7 | 102.9 |
| Nov 2023 | 73.0 | 105.0 | 72.1 | 74.1 | 109.1 | 106.6 |
| Oct 2023 | 75.1 | 112.4 | 76.2 | 77.5 | 111.5 | 110.0 |
| Sep 2023 | 77.3 | 113.8 | 79.8 | 79.6 | 112.0 | 111.8 |
| Aug 2023 | 79.4 | 121.7 | 80.4 | 79.3 | 114.0 | 117.8 |
| Jul 2023 | 83.5 | 132.7 | 80.1 | 82.3 | 113.7 | 122.1 |
| Jun 2023 | 86.9 | 141.4 | 81.6 | 86.8 | 114.7 | 125.2 |
| May 2023 | 97.3 | 152.7 | 89.7 | 96.3 | 121.7 | 128.2 |
| Apr 2023 | 98.1 | 160.1 | 97.3 | 103.7 | 127.9 | 135.0 |
| Mar 2023 | 102.5 | 168.8 | 103.5 | 107.2 | 127.7 | 139.7 |
| Feb 2023 | 114.1 | 173.9 | 112.7 | 114.5 | 128.6 | 141.2 |
| Jan 2023 | 126.3 | 188.1 | 122.2 | 121.9 | 131.9 | 138.8 |
| Dec 2022 | 135.3 | 198.5 | 136.8 | 127.6 | 133.2 | 145.8 |
| Nov 2022 | 147.1 | 216.9 | 151.1 | 137.3 | 133.1 | 150.3 |
| Oct 2022 | 160.7 | 230.1 | 165.9 | 146.0 | 131.3 | 150.7 |
| Sep 2022 | 173.9 | 236.7 | 183.2 | 155.1 | 130.4 | 154.8 |
| Aug 2022 | 187.3 | 244.8 | 196.3 | 161.8 | 131.9 | 159.2 |
| Jul 2022 | 202.0 | 259.2 | 207.9 | 166.4 | 136.6 | 163.6 |
| Jun 2022 | 217.9 | 261.5 | 221.9 | 170.7 | 135.3 | 167.7 |
| May 2022 | 226.7 | 252.7 | 227.7 | 176.8 | 132.7 | 168.0 |
| Apr 2022 | 224.8 | 260.6 | 224.1 | 178.2 | 129.9 | 164.8 |
| Mar 2022 | 228.7 | 268.8 | 225.0 | 176.3 | 126.3 | 159.1 |
| Feb 2022 | 229.2 | 258.4 | 221.2 | 172.1 | 123.6 | 154.3 |
| Jan 2022 | 216.1 | 243.2 | 210.4 | 164.1 | 121.7 | 149.1 |
| Dec 2021 | 213.8 | 236.6 | 210.0 | 160.8 | 120.3 | 148.3 |
| Nov 2021 | 202.5 | 230.2 | 206.7 | 155.4 | 121.2 | 145.6 |
| Oct 2021 | 186.3 | 225.6 | 197.8 | 149.3 | 119.1 | 141.4 |
| Sep 2021 | 173.6 | 216.9 | 190.5 | 142.2 | 111.3 | 136.6 |
| Aug 2021 | 158.2 | 203.0 | 183.3 | 135.4 | 108.9 | 133.0 |
| Jul 2021 | 145.7 | 189.3 | 176.6 | 129.5 | 105.6 | 125.8 |
| Jun 2021 | 137.5 | 176.5 | 169.0 | 121.4 | 98.7 | 119.9 |
| May 2021 | 131.3 | 167.0 | 159.8 | 115.3 | 92.5 | 115.2 |
| Apr 2021 | 120.4 | 154.8 | 149.8 | 107.0 | 87.5 | 109.8 |
| Mar 2021 | 112.2 | 148.2 | 140.7 | 97.3 | 87.7 | 105.2 |
| Feb 2021 | 102.6 | 132.7 | 129.1 | 88.9 | 85.1 | 98.9 |
| Jan 2021 | 93.4 | 118.4 | 116.0 | 81.9 | 83.9 | 95.8 |
| Dec 2020 | 90.0 | 112.6 | 110.1 | 77.8 | 83.0 | 92.3 |
| Nov 2020 | 83.6 | 102.6 | 100.5 | 69.1 | 80.1 | 88.7 |
| Oct 2020 | 77.8 | 91.8 | 93.1 | 62.8 | 77.9 | 85.6 |
| Sep 2020 | 72.9 | 78.8 | 86.6 | 57.5 | 77.5 | 83.7 |
| Aug 2020 | 70.1 | 74.2 | 80.0 | 54.4 | 73.8 | 84.6 |
| Jul 2020 | 67.3 | 66.3 | 73.6 | 51.4 | 68.4 | 83.9 |
| Jun 2020 | 65.2 | 61.0 | 68.5 | 49.5 | 67.3 | 84.3 |
| May 2020 | 66.6 | 58.7 | 66.3 | 51.5 | 70.3 | 82.6 |
| Apr 2020 | 77.4 | 65.4 | 73.6 | 63.5 | 77.9 | 86.4 |
| Mar 2020 | 98.2 | 98.1 | 99.5 | 95.0 | 92.0 | 99.0 |
| Feb 2020 | 99.7 | 100.5 | 101.5 | 100.8 | 98.5 | 100.1 |
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab via FRED, monthly average of the daily index (IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE, IHLIDXAUTPSOFTDEVE, IHLIDXCATPSOFTDEVE, IHLIDXGBTPSOFTDEVE, IHLIDXFRTPSOFTDEVE, IHLIDXDETPSOFTDEVE).
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