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These roles are a small part of the board (about 0.5% for fractional and interim), so shares are small and move with a few postings. Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted."],"builtAt":"2026-11-04T03:39:09.026Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"ef_contract","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all job families","valueLabel":"1.11%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Legal, Job family: 2.82%","#2 Human Resources, Job family: 2.48%","#3 Design, Job family: 1.99%","17 job families ranked across all job families","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"job families","commentary":["The lead is wide: Legal (2.82%) is well clear of Finance at #10 (0.99%).","Administration reaches #4 on a sample of 5,196 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 87,056 openings behind its figure.","Job families with fewer than 1,000 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/job-families-with-the-most-contract-roles"}