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Only job families with at least 1,000 all openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T04:15:57.376Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"pf_noexp","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all job families","valueLabel":"0.8%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Sales, Job family: 1.7%","#2 Engineering, Job family: 1.2%","#3 Research, Job family: 1.0%","21 job families ranked across all job families","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"job families","commentary":["The lead is wide: Sales (1.7%) is well clear of Security at #10 (0.4%).","Investment reaches #5 on a sample of 4,458 all openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","Engineering is the largest market in the top ten, with 84,279 all openings behind its figure.","Job families with fewer than 1,000 all openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-most-no-experience-jobs"}