The full work.ke figures behind The Kenya Times story: 1,728 open job adverts on 4 November 2026, 997 of them in Nairobi, with the breakdown by county and by type of work.
On 5 November 2026 The Kenya Times published a story on where Kenya's advertised jobs are, based on data from work.ke. This page has the full figures behind it, so readers, students and journalists can check them.
How we count: work.ke checks more than 300 official job sources in Kenya every day, mostly employers' own careers pages. The figures below are the job adverts that were open on the site on 4 November 2026: 1,728 in total. Each advert is counted once, in the county the employer names.
By county: Nairobi had 997 adverts, 58 per cent of the total. Kiambu had 175 (10 per cent) and Mombasa 75 (4 per cent), so the three counties together held 72 per cent. Machakos had 25, Nakuru 24 and Nyeri 18. Another 192 adverts named Kenya without a county, and 187 were remote roles open to people in Kenya with no county attached.
By type of work: Sales and marketing led with 315 adverts (18 per cent), then operations with 253 (15 per cent) and finance and accounting with 159 (9 per cent). Engineering had 116, IT 108, skilled trades 86, healthcare 81, human resources 74, logistics and supply chain 67 and administration 51.
County and type together: in Nairobi, sales and marketing had 191 adverts, operations 148, finance and accounting 83, IT 67 and engineering 50. Kiambu had 24 sales and marketing roles and 25 in operations; Mombasa had 11 and 17.
What it means for job seekers: most openings are still in and around Nairobi, but remote roles (187) and adverts that cover the whole country (192) together are more than one in five. If you live outside Nairobi, start with the remote list and the jobs in your own county.
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The Laikipia County Public Service Board published an external vacancy notice on 6 November. Most posts are permanent and pensionable, and many suit applicants with a certificate, diploma or first degree.
The Public Service Commission chairperson told state corporations and public universities to declare vacancies and provide meaningful internship placements as the programme is planned to expand.
work.ke found 219 new openings in the seven days to 9 November 2026, with 1,721 roles open. Green.Earth added 16 outside Nairobi, 21 new roles suit early-career applicants, and 87 adverts close within a week.
