{"id":50898,"date":"2026-04-23T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/?p=50898"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:30:10","slug":"foundit-insights-tracker-philippines-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-philippines-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines&#8217; Hiring Landscape in March 2026:\u00a0foundit\u00a0Insights Tracker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overview of Hiring Activity<\/strong>&nbsp;<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines&rsquo; online hiring activity strengthened notably in March 2026, with the&nbsp;foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker rising 16% year-on-year &mdash; doubling the annual growth rate recorded in February. Month-on-month, hiring was broadly flat as near-term activation&nbsp;stabilised&nbsp;after earlier gains. The 6-month trend&nbsp;remains&nbsp;firmly positive at 12%, though the 3-month pace has moderated to 3%, pointing to consolidation at elevated levels rather than continued acceleration. The strong annual result is underpinned by broad-based recovery across retail, advertising,&nbsp;logistics, and healthcare &mdash; alongside a dramatic turnaround in education, which has reversed steep declines, and a&nbsp;stabilisation&nbsp;in BPO hiring.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All 13 industries tracked by the Index registered year-on-year growth in March 2026, with Advertising, Retail, and Logistics leading the charge.&nbsp;<\/p><div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fit_PH_March-26-2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of &lt;strong&gt;Hiring Trends Report for Philippines March&nbsp;2026&lt;\/strong&gt;.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e2cbe992-a8fa-4109-a046-e81976c47c4f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fit_PH_March-26-2.pdf\"><strong>Hiring Trends Report for Philippines March&nbsp;2026<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fit_PH_March-26-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e2cbe992-a8fa-4109-a046-e81976c47c4f\">Download<\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hiring Trends by Industry (YoY change)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time, all 13 industries tracked by the Index are in positive annual territory &mdash; a significant milestone for the Philippine hiring market. Education and BPO, the sharpest laggards as recently as February, have both returned to positive ground.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In demand<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Advertising, Market Research, PR, Media &amp; Entertainment (+17%)<\/strong>&nbsp;The joint top performer. Sustained brand investment in digital and performance marketing continues to drive strong demand for creative, content, and campaign roles.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/retail-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Retail&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong> (+17%)<\/strong>&nbsp;A sharp acceleration, with expanding consumer demand and omnichannel investment driving elevated hiring across stores, fulfilment operations, and customer-facing roles.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Logistics, Courier\/Freight, Transportation &amp; Shipping (+15%)<\/strong>&nbsp;E-commerce expansion and last-mile delivery demand continue to drive elevated hiring across warehousing, transport operations, and supply chain roles.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Health Care (+14%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Persistent workforce shortages continue to support broad-based hiring for clinical and support roles across public and private healthcare settings.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IT, Telecom\/ISP (+11%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Continued investment in digital infrastructure, cloud systems, and cybersecurity keeps tech hiring meaningfully positive.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hospitality (+10%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Steady tourism activity and growing domestic travel support elevated operational staffing across guest services and hospitality functions.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BFSI (+8%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Digital banking growth, risk requirements, and technology investment sustain consistent hiring across financial services.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Engineering, Construction &amp; Real Estate (+4%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Ongoing infrastructure and project execution activity underpins steady demand across construction and engineering roles.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/education-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (+3%)<\/strong>&nbsp;A sharp reversal from sustained negative territory, as&nbsp;stabilising&nbsp;enrolments and selective hiring for&nbsp;specialised&nbsp;roles return the sector to growth.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Consumer Goods\/FMCG (+2%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Modest growth as improving consumer sentiment supports cautious but steady expansion across FMCG and related categories.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Others (+2%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Marginal but positive, reflecting stable broad-based activity across mixed and niche verticals.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Production\/Manufacturing, Automotive &amp; Ancillary (+1%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Flat to marginal gains as firms&nbsp;prioritise&nbsp;targeted replacement and operational continuity over broad headcount expansion.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/bpo-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BPO\/ITES<\/a><\/strong> (broadly flat)<\/strong>&nbsp;A significant turnaround from deep negative territory, with BPO hiring&nbsp;stabilising&nbsp;as structural adjustment toward higher-skill roles moderates the pace of net decline.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hiring Trends by Functional Area (YoY change)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 out of 11 functional areas recorded year-on-year growth in March 2026 &mdash; a significant broadening from 6 out of 11 in February. Software and technology functions lead; sales and healthcare roles&nbsp;remain&nbsp;in negative territory.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In demand<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Software, Hardware &amp; Telecom (+14%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Continued investment in digital infrastructure, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and enterprise technology sustains strong demand for tech talent.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marketing &amp; Communications (+13%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Solid growth as&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;investment in performance marketing, digital campaigns, and brand functions amid positive business sentiment.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finance &amp; Accounts (+12%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Organisations&nbsp;continue to strengthen financial controls, compliance, and reporting functions amid tighter cost management and growing regulatory scrutiny.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Purchase\/Logistics\/Supply Chain (+11%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Companies continue expanding warehousing, procurement, and distribution capacity in line with e-commerce and trade flow momentum.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/customer-service-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Customer Service<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (+8%)<\/strong>&nbsp;A meaningful reversal, with selective demand rising in BPO-adjacent and services-led roles &mdash; a notable shift from sustained weakness in prior months.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Others (+7%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Broad-based positive momentum across miscellaneous functional categories&nbsp;reflects&nbsp;wider market confidence.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Engineering\/Production, Real Estate (+5%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Positive demand aligns with ongoing project execution and maintenance requirements across construction and infrastructure-linked roles.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/hospitality-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospitality &amp; Travel<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (+5%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Steady tourism and travel activity&nbsp;supports&nbsp;operational staffing across guest services and travel functions.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HR &amp; Admin (+1%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Marginal but positive, with stable workforce management requirements sustaining baseline hiring across people and administrative functions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facing challenges<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Health Care Roles (&minus;1%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Marginal softness at the role level &mdash; despite industry-level growth in healthcare &mdash; suggesting demand is concentrated in specific sub-functions while some categories face targeted&nbsp;rationalisation.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/search\/sales-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sales &amp; Business Development<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong> (&minus;10%)<\/strong>&nbsp;Persistent caution in expanding frontline commercial capacity as companies&nbsp;prioritise&nbsp;productivity and channel efficiency over headcount growth.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the&nbsp;foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker (fit) Philippines (formerly the Monster Employment Index) is a monthly benchmark of online hiring activity across the nation. By&nbsp;analysing&nbsp;millions of job postings, fit provides&nbsp;timely, data-led intelligence on recruitment trends across industries, occupations, and skill categories, helping&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;and talent navigate an evolving&nbsp;labour&nbsp;market.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Hiring Activity&nbsp;The Philippines&rsquo; online hiring activity strengthened notably in March 2026, with the&nbsp;foundit&nbsp;Insights Tracker rising 16% year-on-year &mdash; doubling the annual growth rate recorded in February. Month-on-month, hiring was broadly flat as near-term activation&nbsp;stabilised&nbsp;after earlier gains. The 6-month trend&nbsp;remains&nbsp;firmly positive at 12%, though the 3-month pace has moderated to 3%, pointing to consolidation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/foundit-insights-tracker-philippines-march-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Philippines&#8217; Hiring Landscape in March 2026:\u00a0foundit\u00a0Insights Tracker\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights-tracker"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50944,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50898\/revisions\/50944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.com.ph\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}