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The state of language industry hiring
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Updated October 31, 2026·Methodology
Language Industry Hiring Index
144.2
Expansion ↑
Volume · 35%
Companies · 20%
Geography · 15%
AI Signal · 15%
Industry Shift · 15%
This week
+1.1 pts
Data annotation demand rising
Largest signal move over the last 7 days.
416
New employers this month
Companies posting language industry roles for the first time.
42.0%
Remote share of open roles
1,774 roles are fully remote.
4,255 active roles · 846 employers · 102 countries
Pulse
Is it a good time to hire or job hunt?
What drives the Hiring Index
Five components. One weekly reading.
Component scores
This week, with each component’s weight
Hiring Index, 9 weeks
144.2What job descriptions are asking for
Signals
Data annotation
14.6%+1.1 pts vs 7 days ago
GenAI / LLM
14.2%-0.4 pts vs 7 days ago
Audiovisual
8.8%-0.4 pts vs 7 days ago
Automation
6.0%-0.0 pts vs 7 days ago
MTPE
2.4%+0.5 pts vs 7 days ago
Where
Where is the work?
Hiring across 102 countries
Countries
Hiring by country
Americas, EMEA and APAC
Regions
Top countries · Americas
Top employers · Americas
Career paths · Americas
- Operations & Delivery16%
- Strategy & Corporate4%
- Technology & Product12%
- Language & Creative57%
- Commercial12%
Company types · Americas
- Language Service Providers42%
- Enterprise17%
- Language AI16%
- Media & Interpretation10%
- Staffing & Recruiting7%
- Government & Institutions6%
- Localization Technology1%
- Unclassified0%
- Unclassified0%
Remote work
Remote
Remote roles
1,774Of all open roles
42.0%Highest remote share
EMEA44%
Remote share by region
- 1Americas36%
- 2EMEA44%
- 3APAC38%
Workplace policy
- Remote63%
- Hybrid10%
- On-site27%
Who
Who is hiring?
The most active employers
Employers
Top employers
New this month 416
- Cathay Pacific
- Pocket FM
- Translayte
- Terralink Business Solutions
- Johnson Controls
- Abracadabra Inc.
- Aurora Health Care
- Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Boston
42.5%Top 10 share of roles
Hiring by company type
Company types
Language Service Providers2,188
Enterprise721
Language AI549
Media & Interpretation348
Staffing & Recruiting270
Government & Institutions107
Localization Technology63
Unclassified7
Unclassified2
LSPs vs Language AI companies
Shift
Share of hiring today
- LSP80%
- Language AI20%
Language AI share over time
20.0%What
What work is in demand?
Five career paths
Careers
2,451
Language & Creative
Translation, interpreting, transcreation and linguistic QA.
700Operations & Delivery
Project, vendor and quality management. The delivery engine.
401Commercial
Sales, account management and business development.
368Technology & Product
Localization engineering, i18n, AI and product development.
141Strategy & Corporate
Leadership, strategy, finance and operations.
23 disciplines in total
Disciplines
Commercial
Operations & Delivery
Language & Creative
Technology & Product
What the roles are called
Job titles
Most common job titles
Titles by level
Language & Creative
Senior1%
Lead1%
Manager1%
Director1%
Operations & Delivery
Senior2%
Lead1%
Manager4%
Director0%
Commercial
Senior3%
Lead2%
Manager5%
Director12%
Technology & Product
Senior9%
Lead3%
Manager4%
Director1%
Strategy & Corporate
Senior3%
Lead0%
Manager11%
Director9%
Tools employers ask for
Tools
Localization platforms
- 1XTM Cloud44 roles · 10 employers
- 2Trados Studio20 roles · 14 employers
- 3Phrase TMS20 roles · 13 employers
- 4memoQ19 roles · 16 employers
- 5Smartling13 roles · 10 employers
- 6Crowdin4 roles · 4 employers
- 7Wordfast Pro3 roles · 3 employers
AI and machine translation
- 1OpenAI146 roles · 11 employers
- 2Claude32 roles · 11 employers
- 3Google Gemini27 roles · 7 employers
Annotation & data platforms
- 1Label Studio4 roles · 3 employers
Content, DTP & design
- 1Figma16 roles · 9 employers
- 2Canva16 roles · 4 employers
- 3Adobe Photoshop13 roles · 5 employers
- 4Adobe Illustrator6 roles · 5 employers
- 5Adobe InDesign6 roles · 4 employers
Engineering & i18n
- 1Python102 roles · 39 employers
- 2Git/GitHub66 roles · 19 employers
- 3AWS37 roles · 15 employers
- 4JavaScript34 roles · 17 employers
- 5Google Cloud Platform27 roles · 11 employers
- 6Microsoft Azure26 roles · 10 employers
- 7Kubernetes23 roles · 14 employers
- 8Docker19 roles · 11 employers
Interpreting
- 1OPI36 roles · 7 employers
- 2VRI30 roles · 8 employers
Project & collaboration
- 1Jira55 roles · 17 employers
- 2Confluence12 roles · 7 employers
- 3Slack12 roles · 7 employers
- 4Asana8 roles · 6 employers
Subtitling, audio & speech
- 1Pro Tools10 roles · 6 employers
Languages employers ask for
Languages
- 1Spanish371
- 2Chinese321
- 3Japanese229
- 4French202
- 5Korean199
- 6German191
- 7Arabic105
- 8Portuguese99
Seniority and contracts
Workforce
Roles with a stated level
- 1Associate / Mid48
- 2Executive7
- 3Senior85
- 4Lead / Principal54
- 5Entry51
- 6Director / Head95
- 7Manager107
Contract types
- Internship1%
- Contract28%
- Part time7%
- Full time64%
- Temporary0%
Trends
How has the market moved?
The last 12 weeks
Since July
Active roles
4,255Employers hiring
846Remote share
42.0%AI-related share
57.0%Career mix over time
Language & CreativeOperations & DeliveryCommercialTechnology & ProductStrategy & Corporate