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Which big pharma companies are hiring the most?
According to Xcout Intel, Johnson & Johnson had the most open jobs among the 20 largest pharmaceutical companies it tracks: 2,073 on 2 November 2026, followed by Amgen (1,911) and Takeda (1,896).
Together the 20 companies had 19,249 open jobs in 81 countries, 4,230 of them posted in the last seven days.
| Company | Headquarters | Open jobs | In home country | New in 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | United States | 2,073 | 815 | 540 |
| Amgen | United States | 1,911 | 999 | 434 |
| Takeda | Japan | 1,896 | 72 | 199 |
| Roche | Switzerland | 1,583 | 133 | 282 |
| AstraZeneca | United Kingdom | 1,310 | 31 | 326 |
| Sanofi | France | 1,150 | 130 | 237 |
| AbbVie | United States | 1,131 | 714 | 438 |
| Merck & Co. (MSD) | United States | 1,081 | 420 | 281 |
| GSK | United Kingdom | 1,065 | 135 | 336 |
| Novartis | Switzerland | 936 | 39 | 223 |
How we know
Xcout Intel reads every open job on the careers sites of the largest pharmaceutical companies, counts each requisition once, and places it by the country of its first listed location. The report is frozen weekly.
Full figures: Where Big Pharma is hiring. How every report is built: methodology.
What this does not show
- Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck KGaA are not read yet, so they are not in the ranking. An open posting is not a hire.
- Company groups are counted as they recruit: Roche includes Genentech; Bayer includes Crop Science and Consumer Health; Merck & Co. is MSD outside the US and Canada, not Merck KGaA.
How to cite
Xcout Intel, Where Big Pharma is hiring, 2 November 2026, intel.xcout.app/answers/big-pharma-hiringQuote with attribution under the licence. These figures update with each edition of the report; give the date above when you quote them.