Online job offerings totalled 587,801 in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The number of companies advertising positions rose to 80,287, up from 77,615 in the third quarter of 2025.

Most In-Demand Roles

Professional roles made up the largest share of listings, accounting for 46.4% or 272,698 job offerings in Q4 2025, up from 268,178 in Q3 2025. Technicians and Associate Professionals came in second with 93,358 listings, followed by Managers at 88,080.

Within the Professional category, Advertising and Marketing Professionals recorded the highest demand at 42,411 job offerings, followed by Managing Directors and Chief Executives (36,656), Administrative Associate Professionals (29,569), Administrative Professionals (22,093), and Accountants and Auditors (20,111).

Sectors With The Most Listings

The Services sector dominated, accounting for 84.4% of all job offerings or 496,065 positions, up from 77.2% in Q3 2025. Within Services, Wholesale and Retail Trade led with 183,653 listings, followed by Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (62,954), Administrative and Support Service Activities (52,036), Manufacturing (45,369), and Construction (40,069).

The strong demand for marketing, administrative, and finance roles points to strong  office-based hiring activity heading into 2026. This matches  the  shift toward skills-based hiring that has been reshaping the Malaysian job market over the past year.

We’re looking for great folks to join our Marketing Team at RinggitPlus, so if you’d like to not be a statistic and really make a difference to the way Malaysians manage their money, check out our job listings. And hey, we WFH.

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Iman Aminuddin

Iman writes about personal finance with curiosity. She is interested in the stories behind money, the hesitation around big decisions, and the small habits that shape financial futures. Off the clock, she is either dissecting a film or climbing her way up the leaderboard in her favourite games.

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Iman Aminuddin

Iman Aminuddin

Iman writes about personal finance with curiosity. She is interested in the stories behind money, the hesitation around big decisions, and the small habits that shape financial futures. Off the clock, she is either dissecting a film or climbing her way up the leaderboard in her favourite games.

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