The Monster Employment Index for the Middle East showed online hiring increased in all seven monitored countries.

The highest year-on-year growth for July 2018 was registered by Bahrain at 25%, while the lowest was recorded in Qatar at 2%.

The index is a monthly gauge of online job hiring activity by Monster.com, which records the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth.

Overall, in the Middle East, online recruitment activity exceeded the year-ago level in 11 of the 12 sectors monitored by the Index.

Within occupations, online recruitment exceeded the year-ago level in each of the 11 occupation groups monitored by the Index.

The Monster Employment Index for July was as follows for the Middle East.