LinkedIn Hiring Rate Analysis: Labor Market Dynamics (2018-2025)#
The analysis of LinkedIn Hiring Rate (LHR) data reveals distinct patterns across the studied countries.
LinkedIn Hiring Rate Insights#
General Note#
To interpret these results appropriately, it’s important to consider LinkedIn’s guidance on the level of disaggregation at which the hiring rate estimates are valid:
For Algeria, Morocco, LinkedIn deems the hiring rate valid across tech-related industries.
The following insights are presented at the national level and are therefore valid for both countries.
COVID-19 Impact (2020)#
All markets experienced a significant contraction in 2020.
Morocco (-0.80%) and Algeria (-0.74%) recorded large declines.
Post-COVID Recovery Surge (2021)#
A sharp increase in April 2021 hiring rates is visible across countries, driven by year-over-year (YoY) calculations (see methodology).
This spike is primarily due to base effects from April 2020, when hiring plummeted.
The surge reflects a rebound in labor market activity, not necessarily a hiring boom.
Peak YoY growth rates in mid-2021:
Morocco: 3.503% (April)
Algeria: 3.4545% (April)
The synchronized peaks suggest a regional “catch-up” effect after COVID-19 disruptions.
Market Stabilization Patterns (2022–2024)#
Morocco: Continued growth through 2022 until December, followed by mostly negative or near-zero growth.
Algeria: Stable trend around zero; slightly negative since December 2023.
The trend observed in the World Development Indicators (WDI) data closely mirrors the pattern captured by the LinkedIn Hiring Rate (LHR). Both datasets show a decline in 2020, followed by a strong recovery in 2021 and 2022, and then a period of stagnation in 2023 with a slight decline in 2024.
This alignment suggests that the LinkedIn hiring data reflects broader labor market dynamics in Algeria, indicating that online hiring activity captured by LinkedIn can serve as a proxy for official employment trends in the general economy.