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Tech job listings, week of 19 October 2026: pay, clearance and sponsorship
Each Monday RoleGig collects the week's LinkedIn Jobs listings for technical writing, product, QA and testing, AI and ML, and developer roles in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Gulf, and the week's India listings. These are the counts for the week to 19 October 2026.
What stood out
- Pay: 62% of United States listings stated pay, against 58% in Canada, 21% in Europe, 15% in Australia and 6% in the Gulf.
- Clearance or citizenship: 42% of United States technical writing listings asked for a security clearance or citizenship, more than any other role there.
- Sponsorship or relocation: about 1 in 100 listings outside India said they offer visa sponsorship or relocation help, and no role and region reached 1 in 20.
- India: few listings showed a salary, from 4% of developer listings to 15% of technical writing listings.
By role and region
| Region | Listings | State pay | Ask for clearance or citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Writing & Documentation | |||
| United States | 160 | 60% | 42% |
| Canada | 22 | 41% | 5% |
| Europe | 60 | 18% | 3% |
| Australia | 14 | 14% | 36% |
| Gulf | 6 | 0% | 0% |
| India | 61 | 15% | – |
| Product | |||
| United States | 315 | 57% | 3% |
| Canada | 175 | 67% | 0% |
| Europe | 433 | 21% | 1% |
| Australia | 122 | 21% | 3% |
| Gulf | 64 | 17% | 0% |
| India | 150 | 8% | – |
| QA & Testing | |||
| United States | 167 | 59% | 16% |
| Canada | 65 | 46% | 2% |
| Europe | 150 | 24% | 6% |
| Australia | 71 | 14% | 17% |
| Gulf | 41 | 0% | 5% |
| India | 188 | 6% | – |
| AI & ML | |||
| United States | 212 | 67% | 14% |
| Canada | 79 | 48% | 0% |
| Europe | 194 | 20% | 3% |
| Australia | 74 | 12% | 8% |
| Gulf | 55 | 2% | 2% |
| India | 189 | 8% | – |
| Developer | |||
| United States | 138 | 69% | 9% |
| Canada | 85 | 60% | 1% |
| Europe | 217 | 21% | 2% |
| Australia | 107 | 10% | 12% |
| Gulf | 66 | 5% | 6% |
| India | 252 | 4% | – |
How these numbers are counted
Counted over every listing the week's LinkedIn Jobs searches returned for each role and region, after title filters and duplicates are removed. A listing counts as stating pay when a currency amount appears within 80 characters of a pay word such as salary, compensation or per hour, or the job board shows a salary. It counts as needing a clearance or citizenship when it asks for a security clearance or says citizens or nationals only. It counts as offering sponsorship or relocation when it says sponsorship or relocation help is available, and not when the sentence says it is not. Keyword counts can miss or misread a few listings.
India counts are over the week's India shortlist from LinkedIn Jobs, Naukri and company career pages. A listing counts as stating pay when the job board shows a salary.
The counts cover every listing the searches returned, not only the roles picked for the issue. The picked roles are in this week's lists:
- Technical Writing & Documentation, Issue 3
- Product, Issue 3
- QA & Testing, Issue 3
- AI & ML, Issue 3
- Developer, Issue 3
To cite these numbers: RoleGig, "Tech job listings, week of 19 October 2026: pay, clearance and sponsorship", https://rolegig.com/numbers/2026-10-19/
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