Around 9 job postings mentioning healthcare are expected the week of Oct 5–11, 2026 (likely range: 0–31, 80% coverage) — up from 5 the week of Sep 7–13, 2026.

Confirmed

What was claimed

The forecast

Target period: Oct 5–11, 2026
Predicted mentions: 9 job postings
Direction: ↑ Rising
Method: Linear trend fit with confidence interval
Review by: 2026-10-11
Expires: 2026-10-18

Confidence at publication

Early signal

What happened

Outcome

Actual mentions: 2 job postings
Off by: 7 postings
Accuracy: 23%
Direction: ✗ Missed
Predicted range: ✓ Actual fell inside it

Interval 0.0-31.3 covered the observed 2.0 (down) in 2026-W41; point estimate was 8.7 (up).

Observed history

healthcare — the series behind the fit

Aug 3–9, 2026: 2 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 10 mentionsAug 24–30, 2026: 186 mentionsAug 31–Sep 6, 2026: 60 mentionsSep 7–13, 2026: 5 mentions

How we know

Evidence

40+

Confidence

Early signal

Source diversity

2 sources

Last updated

2026-09-07

Reality validation

Predicted: 8.73
Actual: 2
Accuracy: 23%
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: 2026-10-11
Can it be edited?: No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is

Track record for healthcare

9 forecasts published, 3 scored, mean accuracy 24%.

Primary sources

12 sources

Manager, Applications – ADF/ETL/AI2026-08-17job listing

Elevance Health — Carelon Solutions Innovation Director - Clinical Digital Transformation2026-08-22mail.google.com

U.S. Bank — Product Manager - WCIB Transformation Office2026-08-26mail.google.com

Merck — Associate Director, Operations/Service Platform Lead - Hybrid2026-08-31mail.google.com

Senior Software Engineer, Platform2026-08-24job listing