A live picture of hiring in Bahrain, rebuilt every time this page loads from the vacancies employers have published on SouqFind. No surveys, no estimates — these are real, open roles you can click through and read.
The categories with the most open roles in Bahrain today. Click any sector to see the live vacancies behind the number.
| Job sector | Live vacancies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Food & Beverage | 445 | 13.7% |
| Construction & Civil | 431 | 13.2% |
| Cleaning & Facility Management | 317 | 9.7% |
| Retail & Sales | 273 | 8.4% |
| Administration & Office | 225 | 6.9% |
| Maintenance & Technicians | 201 | 6.2% |
| Transport & Drivers | 169 | 5.2% |
| Accounting & Finance | 135 | 4.1% |
| Beauty & Salon | 114 | 3.5% |
| Engineering | 85 | 2.6% |
| Hospitality & Hotels | 73 | 2.2% |
| Automotive & Workshop | 68 | 2.1% |
| Manufacturing & Production | 68 | 2.1% |
| Fashion & Textile | 62 | 1.9% |
| Marketing & Digital | 55 | 1.7% |
| Electrical & Electronics | 50 | 1.5% |
| Healthcare & Medical | 46 | 1.4% |
| Education & Training | 40 | 1.2% |
| Security | 36 | 1.1% |
| Delivery & Courier | 34 | 1% |
Where the work is. Percentages are of all live vacancies; jobs listed only as "Bahrain" without a city are not counted here.
| Employment type | Live vacancies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full Time | 3177 | 97.6% |
| Full-time | 21 | 0.6% |
| Full-Time | 12 | 0.4% |
| Part-time | 7 | 0.2% |
| Freelance | 6 | 0.2% |
| Part Time | 5 | 0.2% |
| Full-time, Live-in | 3 | 0.1% |
| Live-in | 2 | 0.1% |
| Part-Time | 2 | 0.1% |
| Temporary | 2 | 0.1% |
| 8 Hours Duty (Shift ) | 1 | 0% |
| Full-Time (Immediate Join) | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time / Part-time | 1 | 0% |
| Full-Time 2-Year Contract | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time and part-time | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time or Part-time | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time, Fractional, Interim, or Project-based | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time, live-in | 1 | 0% |
| Full-Time, Live-In | 1 | 0% |
| Full-time, On-site | 1 | 0% |
| Home Service Beauty Spa | 1 | 0% |
| Live-in only (12 hr / 24 hr) | 1 | 0% |
| Live-in; Local transfer only | 1 | 0% |
| Local hire | 1 | 0% |
| Permanent Night Shift | 1 | 0% |
| Remote / Work From Home | 1 | 0% |
| Shift | 1 | 0% |
| Temporary full-time | 1 | 0% |
Most Bahrain employers keep pay private and discuss it at interview — currently 80 of 3255 live vacancies advertise a salary openly, which is too few to publish reliable sector ranges. This section fills in automatically as more employers publish figures.
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Source: SouqFind Bahrain Job Market Report (SouqFind, managed by HEZORA GLOBAL) https://souqfind.com/bahrain/job-market-report
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The figure at the top of this page is the number of vacancies live on SouqFind at this moment, and it changes as employers post and close roles. It represents the vacancies published on this portal, not every job in the country — the national total is larger because many employers hire through agencies, referrals or their own careers pages.
On SouqFind the largest categories by live vacancy count are shown in the table on this page. Bahrain's private hiring is concentrated in construction and trades, hospitality, retail and sales, logistics and drivers, and administrative and finance support roles.
Manama and the surrounding commercial areas — Seef, Juffair — carry the most vacancies, followed by Riffa, Muharraq and the industrial areas around Sitra and Salmabad. The city table on this page reflects the current live distribution.
Most do not. On the current live listings the large majority of employers choose to keep the salary private and discuss it at interview, which is why salary figures on this page cover only the categories where enough employers advertised a range publicly.
We count every vacancy on SouqFind that is active and not yet expired, then group it by category, by city matched from the job location, and by employment type. Salary figures use the midpoint of each publicly advertised BHD range, screened for data-entry errors first, and a category appears only when at least five vacancies from two or more employers have published one. The day's totals are also archived daily so trends can be reported later.
Cite as: SouqFind, "Bahrain job market report", updated 16 Sept 2026. https://souqfind.com/bahrain/job-market-report