Global hiring is discussed far more than it is advertised. We counted how often postings mention visa sponsorship, demand that you already have the right to work, or simply are not written in English — and we report the silence too, because the silence is the point.
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mention visa sponsorship | 0.7% | about 1 in 143 postings |
| Require existing work authorisation | 0.4% | you must already have the right to work |
| Not written in English | 23.5% | heuristic language detection |
| Written in English | 76.5% | |
| Countries with open roles | 82 | as reported by the source platform |
No — and that is the finding. Most postings say nothing either way: 0.7% mention sponsorship, 0.4% ask for existing authorisation, and the rest are simply quiet. If you need sponsorship, the posting usually will not tell you; you have to ask.
Heuristically, from the posting text. It reliably separates English from non-English, but does not name the specific language.
Because it sets the odds. 23.5% of postings are not written in English, so a job search is less monolingual than it looks — and the visa question is almost never answered up front.
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“Still listed” is a listing-age measure from the source publish date, not a verification that a role is open; link liveness is measured separately. The percentages are the September 2026 edition (full pass, measured 2026-09-15); the index counts are rebuilt by every nightly update, most recently 2026-09-20. Page generated 2026-09-21.