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Forecast 9d6d6144 · published 2026-09-02
Around 1 job postings for project manager roles are expected the week of Aug 17–23, 2026 (likely range: 0–3, 80% coverage) — down from 11 the week of Jul 20–26, 2026.
Missed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Aug 17–23, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 1 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-08-23
- Expires
- 2026-08-30
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 24 job postings
- Off by
- 23 postings
- Accuracy
- 4%
- Direction
- ✗ Missed
- Predicted range
- ✗ Actual fell outside it
Interval 0.0-2.7 missed the observed 24.0 (up) in 2026-W34; point estimate was 1.0 (down).
Observed history
project manager — the series behind the fit
Jun 15–21, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 22–28, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 29–Jul 5, 2026: 5 mentionsJul 6–12, 2026: 6 mentionsJul 13–19, 2026: 6 mentionsJul 20–26, 2026: 10 mentions
How we know
Evidence
28+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
3 sources
Last updated
2026-09-02
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 1
- Actual
- 24
- Accuracy
- 4%
- Direction
- missed
How this forecast was made
- Approach
- Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
- How far ahead
- 4 weeks
- Checked against reality by
- 2026-08-23
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for project manager
16 forecasts published, 10 scored, mean accuracy 18%.
Primary sources
Airtable: Program Manager, Professional Services - East2026-07-22job listing
Commercial Project Manager – Customer Management2026-07-20job listing
Enterprise Project Manager2026-07-21job listing