Historical job-posting data from 2019 to today

Study how roles, skills, companies and labour markets changed over time using structured JobsPikr job-posting history. Scope the data to the period, geography and research question you actually need.

Job postings represent advertised labour demand and should be interpreted as an observable market signal rather than completed hiring.

Historical job data available

2019 +

Data records

1 B+

Global data sources

70 K+

Daily records updated

1 M+

Trusted by leading HR and Staffing Firms Globally

You can start collecting job posting data today. You cannot go back and collect 2019's.

If your question depends on what employers were advertising three, five or seven years ago, the observations had to be collected at the time. JobsPikr has been collecting them.

CURRENT / FUTURE COLLECTION

Today →

You can begin collecting new job postings now.

HISTORICAL OBSERVATION

2019–2025

You need data that was already collected.

A snapshot tells you where the labor market is today. Historical job posting data tells you how it got there.

Two companies can show similar demand today and still be moving in opposite directions. Historical depth gives you the trajectory behind the current number.

Current data

Where is demand today?

Historical data

What changed, how quickly, and was it sustained?

Illustrative data-engineer demand trajectory
Same current position. Different path.

Company A Company B

Company ADemand built consistently over several years.

Company BDemand declined before returning to the same current level.

Use historical job posting data when the question is about change, not just current state.

The dataset is most useful when the analysis depends on movement across time: role evolution, skill diffusion, company capability building, geographic shifts or before-and-after comparisons.

Workforce & skills evolution

Track how advertised roles, skill requirements, qualifications and occupational patterns change over time.

Skill diffusion

Role evolution

Qualification shifts

Strategic Workforce Planning →

Company & competitive trajectory

Compare how external hiring signals evolve across companies rather than relying on a single current-period view.

Capability benchmarking

Hiring momentum

Due diligence

Competitive Hiring Intelligence →

Geographic & industry movement

Analyse where advertised demand is expanding, contracting or shifting across geographies, markets and industries.

Location strategy

Industry movement

Market entry research

Industry Capability Benchmarking →

Research & longitudinal analysis

Use multiple years of structured observations for academic, economic, market, investment or custom research.

Before / after studies

Economic research

Custom longitudinal studies

Data Overview →

Historical coverage

2019 → Today

JobsPikr provides historical job-posting observations with structured dimensions that can be scoped to a research or business requirement.

Methodological note: job postings represent advertised labour demand. They are an observable hiring-market signal, not completed hires, employment counts or exact company headcount.

What's included in JobsPikr's historical job posting data.

JobsPikr’s current product documentation supports structured analysis across core job-posting attributes and describes the data pipeline as collecting, cleansing, enriching and deduplicating job data.

Role / job title

Analyse advertised demand for roles and occupations across time.

Company

Scope observations to selected employers or compare company trajectories.

Location / geography

Study shifts in advertised demand across markets and locations.

Skills

Track the appearance and evolution of skill requirements within job descriptions.

Salary and other job attributes

Available where present and supported in the underlying posting data.

Industry and normalized dimensions

Use JobsPikr’s structured and enriched data where supported for consistent analysis.

Start with your question. Scope the historical job posting data around it.

Choose the parameters that matter to your analysis. Your requirement updates live on the right, so you can see the historical dataset you are asking JobsPikr to evaluate.

I am a

I want to analyse

Historical period

Geography

Topic / role family

Indicative project budget

Your historical data requirement

Build your scope using the dropdowns.

Persona: Not selected
Period: Not selected
Geography: Not selected
Focus: Not selected
Fields: Determined by your analysis goal
Budget: Not selected

As you select a use case, JobsPikr will show the kind of longitudinal question this historical scope can support.

Have a question?

Frequently asked questions about JobsPikr's historical job posting data

How far back does JobsPikr's historical job posting data go?

JobsPikr has been collecting job posting observations continuously since 2019, so coverage runs from 2019 through today rather than being reconstructed after the fact.

What fields are included in the historical archive?

Structured fields typically include job title, company, seniority level, company type, location, job description, inferred skills, salary where available, and posting date. Which fields apply to your request depends on the analysis goal you select in the scope builder above.

Is job posting data the same as completed hires or company headcount?

No. Job postings represent advertised labor demand and should be interpreted as an observable market signal, not completed hiring, employment counts, or exact company headcount.

Can I scope the data to a specific date range, geography, or role instead of the full archive?

Yes. Most requests do not need every posting since 2019. Use the scope builder above to define the period, geography, and role or skill focus your question actually requires, and JobsPikr will confirm what is available for that scope.

Who typically uses the historical archive?

Academic researchers, consulting and advisory teams, enterprise and corporate strategy functions, HR and talent intelligence teams, investment and financial research teams, and data, AI, and market research teams all use it for longitudinal analysis rather than a single current-period snapshot.

What Our Clients Say

❝ We evaluated multiple vendors, but JobsPikr was the only one with the global breadth, data quality, and signal depth we needed. It's our single source of truth for labor market data.❞

❝ For what it delivers—real-time, structured job signals across markets—JobsPikr is absurdly cost-effective. It has replaced the need for in-house scraping and maintenance entirely.❞

❝ The team behind JobsPikr understand data and its complexities. Every integration, every customization, just works and they have been super responsive. That kind of support is rare.❞

❝ We had job data flowing into our systems within a day. Clean schema, well-documented API, and no surprises.❞

Ready to explore your historical job data?

Tell us what you’re looking to analyse, and we’ll help you understand the historical coverage available for your market, timeframe, and research needs.