🇰🇷 South Korea Hiring Trends
How startup hiring in South Korea is changing and which roles are in demand, measured as shares of startup job postings so it reflects hiring rather than how many startups we track.
- Share of startup postings
- 0.44%
- Last 12 months
- Change in share
- -10.5%
- From 0.49% the 12 months before
- Most in-demand role
- Account Manager
- 2.6% of postings here
Roles in demand in South Korea
Account Manager is the most in-demand startup role in South Korea, with 2.6% of postings in the last 12 months.
Largest roles
| Role | Share, prior 12 months | Share, last 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account Manager | 1.7% | 2.6% | +49.3% |
| Account Executive | 0.00% | 2.3% | |
| Backend Engineer | 2.2% | 2.2% | +1.7% |
| Software Engineer | 0.72% | 2.2% | +205.0% |
| Product Manager | 0.40% | 1.7% | +322.9% |
| Finance/Accounting | 0.87% | 1.7% | +93.8% |
| Customer Service | 0.65% | 1.4% | +120.3% |
| H.R. | 1.6% | 0.64% | -61.0% |
| Senior Product Manager | 0.18% | 0.64% | +250.8% |
| Business Development | 0.29% | 0.47% | +62.0% |
| AI Engineer | 0.00% | 0.41% | |
| Senior Engineer | 0.00% | 0.39% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 0.22% | 0.30% | +39.8% |
| Program Manager | 0.00% | 0.25% | |
| DevOps | 0.00% | 0.22% |
Roles gaining share
| Role | Share, prior 12 months | Share, last 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 0.40% | 1.7% | +322.9% |
| Senior Product Manager | 0.18% | 0.64% | +250.8% |
| Software Engineer | 0.72% | 2.2% | +205.0% |
| Customer Service | 0.65% | 1.4% | +120.3% |
| Finance/Accounting | 0.87% | 1.7% | +93.8% |
Methodology
- Trends come from job postings on startup.jobs, sourced from startups' career pages and jobs posted directly by employers. Employers our vetting rejected or couldn't confirm as startups are left out.
- We keep adding startups, so posting counts grow even when hiring doesn't. Every trend is therefore a share of all startup postings in the same period, which stays comparable as coverage grows.
- Broad catch-all titles such as Manager or Specialist are left out of role rankings.
- Quarterly shares start in 2017 and cover complete quarters. Changes compare the last 12 full months with the 12 before.
You are welcome to cite these figures with a link: Source: Startup Jobs, startup.jobs/locations/south-korea/trends
For salaries, remote work, and AI hiring, see the startup hiring statistics.
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