Monday, 2 November 2026. Read from 153 company job boards.
2,587 roles are open at 136 of the 153 UK startups we follow.
226 of them were posted in the past week, and the typical open role has been live for 50 days. On Monday 2 November, 56 roles went live and 59 came down. Read the daily summary.
- Open roles based in the UK
- 1,435
- Posted in the past seven days
- 226
- Companies hiring right now
- 136
- Typical time to fill a role
- 43 days
Hiring momentum
Roles added and closed each week. Over the last four weeks 710 were added and 901 closed.
Weeks before 28 September only count roles that were still open when we started, so they read low. See the open roles
Skills in demand
How many open roles ask for each skill, read from the job ads. Orange is the share posted in the last 30 days. Click a skill to see the roles.
- Python42377 cos
- Machine learning24461 cos
- AWS14145 cos
- SQL13051 cos
- LLMs12244 cos
- Excel11939 cos
- Kubernetes10324 cos
- CI/CD10044 cos
- Quota8931 cos
- TypeScript8840 cos
- React7342 cos
- C++6920 cos
- Firmware6410 cos
- Linux6420 cos
- GCP6432 cos
What startups pay
Advertised UK salaries. Only about one role in nine shows a UK salary, so treat these as a guide.
By function
- Data & AI 31 roles£123k £93k–£141k
- Security 7 roles£115k £91k–£150k
- Engineering 75 roles£108k £80k–£136k
- Marketing 15 roles£105k £79k–£126k
- Product 16 roles£104k £88k–£117k
- Design 9 roles£100k £95k–£105k
- Risk & Compliance 13 roles£88k £71k–£115k
- Finance 8 roles£86k £53k–£96k
- Sales & Partnerships 31 roles£85k £60k–£113k
- Science & Research 6 roles£75k £46k–£86k
- Solutions & Deployment 5 roles£73k £70k–£73k
- People 8 roles£66k £54k–£77k
- Programme & Project Mgmt 5 roles£66k £65k–£68k
- Customer Success & Support 13 roles£65k £27k–£94k
- Hardware & Manufacturing 15 roles£50k £37k–£90k
- Operations 12 roles£45k £39k–£52k
Bar: middle half of advertised salaries. Line: the median. UK pounds, annual, base pay only (OTE left out).
By seniority
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Sector by sector
Open roles today, with roles added and closed over the last four weeks.
| Sector | Open roles | Added | Closed | Typical age | Time to fill | Salary listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI & Enterprise Software | 835 | 233 | 223 | 48 days | 52 days | 41% |
| Deeptech | 606 | 105 | 149 | 68 days | 78 days | 13% |
| Fintech | 436 | 121 | 164 | 49 days | 39 days | 26% |
| Health & Life Sciences | 183 | 86 | 79 | 35 days | 32 days | 34% |
| Climate & Energy | 153 | 59 | 60 | 49 days | 21 days | 29% |
| Consumer & Marketplaces | 148 | 45 | 162 | 48 days | 52 days | 14% |
| Edtech | 83 | 26 | 29 | 35 days | 34 days | 46% |
| Cybersecurity | 77 | 14 | 18 | 56 days | 45 days | 31% |
| Proptech | 44 | 13 | 13 | 53 days | not yet | 41% |
| Logistics & Mobility | 22 | 8 | 4 | 47 days | not yet | 0% |
Typical age is the median number of days since each open role was posted. Time to fill appears once 20 roles in a sector have closed.
In the news
Stories about the companies we follow, from UK and European tech press. All news
Funding
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Growing fastest
Most open roles added, net, in the last 30 days. Full ranking
- 1
NscaleAI infrastructure / cloud · Series C+26293 open - 2
OmneaProcurement SaaS · Series B+2172 open - 3
Zen EducateTeacher staffing marketplace · Series B+1152 open - 4
RiverlaneQuantum error correction · Series C+938 open - 5
MultiverseWorkforce upskilling / apprenticeships · Growth+929 open - 6
DexoryWarehouse robotics · Series C+834 open - 7
Flo HealthFemtech / women's health app · Series C+833 open - 8
CuspAIAI for materials discovery · Series A+722 open
- 9
ConductEnterprise IT / legacy code AI · Series A+627 open - 10
NumanDigital health / men's and weight health · Series B+516 open
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