Q3/2026, Hanoi businesses recruit an average of 38,000-40,000 positions/month
According to the Hanoi Employment Service Center, in the third quarter of 2026, businesses in the Capital recruited 38,000-40,000 positions each month.
The Hanoi Labor Market Update Bulletin No. 45-Q3/2026 newly issued by the Hanoi Employment Service Center shows that the demand for recruiting specialized personnel (high and middle level) accounts for 45.5% of the total demand.
In the third quarter, recruitment demand by industry, service activities accounted for 54%; processing and manufacturing accounted for 20%; construction accounted for 7.4%; wholesale and retail accounted for 4.4%...
Recruitment demand by professional level: University degree or higher accounts for 32%; college accounts for 21.8%; untrained accounts for 19%; intermediate level accounts for 14%...
Notably, the skills that businesses in the Capital area prioritize recruiting include: Construction techniques, machine operation; digital skills, e-commerce; certificates, formal expertise.
High and middle-level professionals account for 45.5% of total demand - for the first time exceeding the demand for direct labor recruitment in 2026. This reality shows that Hanoi businesses prioritize human resources for technology operation and large-scale project management. In the recruitment process, the group of personnel with intermediate - college qualifications accounts for 36.1% of total demand - is the most scarce group of personnel in the Hanoi labor market in the third quarter of 2026," said Mr. Vu Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Hanoi Employment Service Center.
Mr. Thanh added that in the third quarter, the salary range from 10-20 million VND/month accounted for 56.1% of the entire market with the average offer of businesses being about 13.4 million VND/month - higher than the expectations of job seekers by about 1.1 million VND.
However, the recruitment barrier lies in the skills of workers, not in salaries, many job positions do not meet the skill requirements of businesses," Mr. Thanh said.
According to a representative of the Hanoi Employment Service Center, the recruitment and remuneration needs of the group of personnel who are experts and managers are also very broad: The group of mid-level experts accounts for 23.5% of the total demand; senior experts account for 22% and the group of leaders and managers accounts for 6% of the total recruitment demand in the third quarter of 2026.
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