# International Development Job Market Trends 2026 — Civium

> Vacancy analysis from 400+ international organisations: role types, skills and employers across UN agencies, NGOs, IFIs and think tanks, updated daily.

Canonical page: https://mycivium.com/international-careers/market-trends
Last updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

As of 30 October 2026, Civium analysed 3,013 active vacancies from international organisations. International NGOs accounted for 43% of them, and consultant was the most common role type (374 vacancies). Civium covers 400+ organisations; 247 of them had active vacancies.

- Active vacancies analysed: 3,013
- Consultant is the most common role type, with 374 vacancies (12% of active vacancies).
- Consultancies and internships together make up 19% of active vacancies — check the contract type before you invest time in an application.
- International NGOs post 43% of active vacancies, followed by UN agencies, funds and programmes at 41%.
- The skills listed by the most organisations are Stakeholder engagement, Project management and Training & facilitation.

## Vacancies by organisation type

Active vacancies by organisation type, as of 30 October 2026. Groups with fewer than 5 vacancies are not shown.

| Organisation type | Active vacancies | Share of active vacancies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| International NGOs | 1,301 | 43% |
| UN agencies, funds and programmes | 1,242 | 41% |
| Other international organisations and development banks | 401 | 13% |
| Think tanks and policy institutes | 69 | 2% |

1 group with fewer than 5 vacancies is not shown.

## Most common role types

Active vacancies by role type, as of 30 October 2026. Role types are grouped from vacancy titles and can overlap. Groups with fewer than 5 vacancies are not shown.

| Role type | Active vacancies | Share of active vacancies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| consultant | 374 | 12.4% |
| assistant | 197 | 6.5% |
| intern | 197 | 6.5% |
| coordinator | 161 | 5.3% |
| advisor | 86 | 2.9% |
| analyst | 81 | 2.7% |
| director | 57 | 1.9% |
| lead | 45 | 1.5% |
| project manager | 35 | 1.2% |
| project officer | 28 | 0.9% |
| engineer | 26 | 0.9% |
| program manager | 24 | 0.8% |
| project coordinator | 21 | 0.7% |
| program associate | 17 | 0.6% |
| program officer | 16 | 0.5% |
| country director | 14 | 0.5% |
| deputy director | 11 | 0.4% |
| researcher | 11 | 0.4% |
| developer | 10 | 0.3% |
| programme coordinator | 9 | 0.3% |

## Most requested skills

Skills ranked by the number of distinct organisations whose vacancies list them, as of 30 October 2026.

| Skill | Organisations listing it |
| --- | --- |
| Stakeholder engagement | 125 |
| Project management | 121 |
| Training & facilitation | 120 |
| Monitoring & evaluation | 117 |
| Humanitarian response | 107 |
| Microsoft Office | 101 |
| Compliance | 99 |
| Capacity building | 95 |
| Partnership building | 93 |
| Budgeting & budget management | 92 |
| Writing & editing | 87 |
| Strategic planning | 84 |
| Excel | 82 |
| Financial management | 81 |
| Risk management | 79 |
| Fundraising | 76 |
| Quality assurance | 76 |
| Research | 75 |
| Donor relations | 74 |
| Data collection | 73 |

## Method

Vacancies are explored daily on the public career pages of the organisations Civium covers. Coverage: 400+ organisations across UN Programmes, International Organisations, Think Tanks and Humanitarian NGOs. Counts reflect active vacancies on the date above; role types and skills are extracted from each posting. Skill counts show how many distinct organisations list a skill; an organisation is counted once per skill, however many of its vacancies mention it. A vacancy whose title contains more than one role word is counted under each, so role-type counts overlap and do not add up to the total.

## How to cite this data

Source: Civium, mycivium.com - International Development Job Market Trends, data as of 30 October 2026. Page: https://mycivium.com/international-careers/market-trends. The figures are summary counts from vacancies explored on the public career pages of the organisations Civium covers. They do not describe individual vacancies.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution: Source: Civium, mycivium.com - International Development Job Market Trends, data as of 30 October 2026.