Remote Hiring Trends in 2025: Sector Growth and Stabilization

Tracking the Evolution of Remote Work with Workforce Data

• +67% growth in remote job postings from January to May 2025 (1.5M → 2.5M)

• 7% share of total job postings held steady: growth in volume, not in share

• Healthcare remote hiring jumped 21%, driven by telehealth and admin outsourcing

• Remote job share surged 60–85% in surprising sectors like market research, defense, and leisure travel

• Technology still leads in remote job volume, but its growth rate is slowing

Remote hiring continues to evolve. What began as a reactive shift has become a more deliberate and differentiated trend. Aura’s latest analysis of millions of job postings reveals that while the number of remote jobs is increasing in absolute volume YTD, their overall share of total jobs is stabilizing and range bound. This pattern has implications for organizations seeking to assess hiring practices, benchmark peers, or evaluate shifts in talent strategy.

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Remote Jobs Are Growing, But the Share May Be Leveling Off

From January to May 2025, the number of remote job postings increased from approximately 1.5 million to 2.5 million, before dropping slightly in June. This consistent strength suggests a sustained appetite for flexible roles among both job seekers and companies. However, the share of remote postings as a percentage of total job listings remained bounded, consistently hovering around 7 percent across this period, suggesting that growth may be approaching a ceiling.

In June, a small decline in remote jobs was recorded. This may reflect seasonal hiring trends, a slowdown in part-time or project-based jobs, or a more cautious approach from employers as they refine their long-term remote policies. Regardless of the cause, the dip underscores the importance of monitoring the performance of remote hiring in various economic contexts.

Sector vs. Country Trends in Remote Hiring

Countries such as the United States and Brazil experienced continued overall job posting growth during this period. Yet these increases did not correspond with significant changes in the proportion of remote jobs. This suggests that current hiring surges are concentrated in roles that still require on-site presence, such as those in operations, logistics, or healthcare delivery settings.

Rather than being driven by geography, the evolution of remote hiring appears to be increasingly sector-driven. Understanding which industries are adding or reducing remote roles provides valuable insight for clients conducting market research, building talent strategies, or examining labor sourcing models.

Where Remote Hiring Is Expanding Most in 2025

Technology continues to account for the highest volume of remote hiring. In particular, information technology services posted approximately 250,000 remote jobs during this six-month period. While this sector remains a dominant source of remote roles, the rate of growth has slowed, potentially reflecting organizational decisions to consolidate distributed operations, a recent surge in hiring freezes, or adjustments to headcount planning.

In contrast, the healthcare industry experienced a notable 21 percent increase in remote hiring, supported by the expansion of telehealth services, administrative outsourcing, and remote patient support roles.

More striking is the growth of remote roles in sectors not traditionally known for flexibility. Industries such as market research, defense and space, and leisure travel saw the most significant increases in the percentage of jobs designated as remote, with a share growth ranging from approximately 60 to 85 percent. This indicates a shift in how some companies are structuring workforces and deploying remote workers to manage tasks and meet client needs.

What Remote Hiring Patterns Reveal About Market Strategy

Remote hiring patterns are no longer uniform across the market. Organizations evaluating their own hiring plans, team structures, or recruiting strategies need to consider how their decisions align with broader trends in their sector.

Aura’s workforce analytics platform offers a structured approach to evaluating these dynamics. Clients can explore how peers are handling remote and hybrid roles, review remote job growth across thousands of companies, and track changes over time by geography, function, or skill category.

These insights are particularly useful when reviewing management decisions, analyzing organizational design, or assessing market shifts as part of business development, portfolio monitoring, or operational reviews.

How to Use Remote Hiring Trends for Strategic Business Decisions

Remote jobs remain an important and measurable part of the labor market, but their growth is no longer uniform or accelerating across all sectors. For teams engaged in hiring analysis, strategy development, or competitive benchmarking, it is essential to focus on where remote work is expanding, where it is stabilizing, and what that means in a broader context.

Aura enables users to examine these shifts across industries, evaluate functional trends, and benchmark performance against competitors. This is not about advocating for or against remote work, but rather about understanding how it is being implemented, where, and by whom.

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