Job offers collected in Normandy, France
Job offers collected in Normandy, France stood at 12,000 Job offers in Q2 2026, according to DARES – Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques (Ministère du Travail). It is one of the indicators in the Job vacancies table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1996 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Job vacancies table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 257,100 | 258,600 | 252,300 | 245,000 | 258,300 | 272,700 | 290,800 | 306,400 | 303,300 | 320,100 | |
| Metropolitan France | 251,500 | 253,200 | 247,000 | 239,800 | 253,200 | 267,500 | 285,600 | 301,200 | 297,800 | 314,600 | |
| Normandy | 12,000 | 12,200 | 11,400 | 10,400 | 11,100 | 11,600 | 11,800 | 12,700 | 12,100 | 12,900 |
Understanding job offers collected in Normandy, France
Tallying employment offers gathered across Normandy provides a targeted measurement of open corporate positions within this northern coastal territory. The dataset aggregates vacancies communicated by employers in manufacturing, construction, and market services whose workplaces reside inside the Normandy administrative borders. Positions listed outside this specific perimeter are excluded, ensuring the series reflects purely regional hiring dynamics. Informal recruitment methods and direct word-of-mouth hiring do not register in these administrative intake figures.
Analyzing this regional series requires careful attention to regular seasonal swings that characterize local maritime, industrial, and agricultural activities. First-release figures are frequently revised as late administrative returns are processed by statistical compilers. Observers should rely on year-on-year comparisons to evaluate true directional changes, as sequential quarterly movements often merely reflect routine seasonal hiring rhythms. Comparing absolute offer volumes with smaller regions can be misleading without scaling for total local employment size.
Frequently asked questions
- What geographic boundaries define the Normandy job offers series?
- The data strictly encompasses vacancies reported by businesses operating within the Normandy administrative region.
- Why are year-on-year comparisons recommended over sequential quarters?
- Year-on-year evaluation neutralizes strong seasonal hiring patterns inherent to the region's industrial and service sectors.
- Do initial counts for Normandy undergo subsequent revisions?
- Yes, provisional estimates are updated in later releases as additional administrative documents and late employer filings are processed.