The number of job openings in the second quarter of this year rose by 13% compared to the first quarter, while the number of resumes increased by 75% compared to the same period in 2025, according to the first analytical report from the interactive quarterly analytics tool of the job search platform robota.ua.
According to this data, the Kyiv region had the most job openings in Q2 2026 (136,700, or 40.6% of the total). There is also active demand for workers in Lviv (26,800, or 8%), Dnipropetrovsk (25,800, or 7.6%), Odesa (19,300, or 5.7%), and Kharkiv regions (17,600, or 5.2%).
Since the beginning of the year, the number of job openings has been gradually increasing after a decline in November–December 2025 to 92,400. Specifically, in January 2026 there were 101,200 job openings, in February—105,800, in March—110,500, in April—113,200; in May, the trend slowed, and the market saw nearly as many job openings as the previous month—113,300.
Salary expectations are slightly lower than employers’ offers: in May, the salaries offered by employers amounted to 28,000 UAH, compared to the 25,000 UAH that job seekers were hoping for.
As noted in the platform’s report, the tool’s large-scale sample covers over 337,000 published job openings, 656,000 active job seekers, nearly 1,900 settlements, and over 110 million page views.
In addition to market indicators, the platform’s quarterly report highlights key labor market trends. Salary transparency, in particular, is becoming a key factor: 33% of job seekers do not apply at all to job postings that do not specify a salary, and against the backdrop of the European Pay Transparency Directive, a petition has emerged in Ukraine calling for a mandatory salary field on recruitment platforms.
It is noted that, amid a labor shortage, job reservations in the defense industry have become an important HR benefit offered by 74% of companies (according to a study by the Council of Arms Manufacturers and Core Team). Additionally, according to a study by the Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms, employers are more actively recruiting older candidates: about 65% of companies are willing to consider employees aged 50+, and over 60% are willing to consider employees aged 60+.
