Contents
The nine pages of this issue
- CoverCoverthe issue at a glance
- 1Compensationwhat each revenue seat earns
- 2Skillswhat the job posts ask for
- 3Market moveswho raised, launched and hired
- 4Seasonsthe year on two calendars
- 5Voicesrevenue people, in their own words
- 6Signalscounted, not estimated
- 7How we build ithow a row gets in
- BackAdd your numbersopen a cell
- +Articlesessays, blueprints and case studies
Lens
Who this issue is about
Tick as many markets and seats as you like. Charts light them up; lists narrow to them and say how many they show.
- Open
- Early signal
- Not enough data yet
Chapter 4 · Seasons
Updated
When the region hires, raises and pauses
The weeks of 3 Aug to 9 Nov 2026, moves swept to 11 Nov.
Showing MENAGlobal all seats
Remove {name}{names}: not enough data yet
DataMENA · pooled
15
Weeks in the window
the weeks of 3 Aug to 9 Nov 2026
110
Market moves in the window
every approved row
14
Moves in each of the busiest weeks
weeks of 31 Aug and 2 Nov 2026, a tie
16
Markers on the strip
each with its source
DataMENA · pooled
The year strip
Gregorian months above, Hijri months beneath
Hijri dates are Umm al-Qura projections until the Saudi Supreme Court, the UAE moon-sighting committee and Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta announce them; Egypt and Oman began Ramadan 1447 a day after Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Expected dates are drawn with a ±1-day band.
Founders do not post a salary: funding rounds are the founder’s season, so they are lit here.
See the numbers
| Week of | Moves | Funding | New sales leader | Launch | Expansion | Other: Acquisition, Layoff | Job posts coded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 205 | |
| moves not swept yet | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 188 |
| All 15 weeks | 110 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 393 |
| Hijri month | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Safar 1448 | ||
| Rabi al-Awwal 1448 | ||
| Rabi al-Thani 1448 | ||
| Jumada al-Ula 1448 | ||
| Jumada al-Akhirah 1448 | ||
| Rajab 1448 | ||
| Shaban 1448 | ||
| Ramadan 1448 | ||
| Shawwal 1448 | ||
| Dhu al-Qidah 1448 | ||
| Dhu al-Hijjah 1448 | ||
| Muharram 1449 | ||
| Safar 1449 |
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Tell us when you scale
The month you open or freeze hiring
One month from one company is a row; the same question every issue is how a multi-year pattern gets built. Every field is optional.
Ask the room
What Ramadan does to pipeline
Abdulrahman AlomranCEO & Co-Founder · Rekaz
Osama AbdelhadiCo-Founder & CEO · Mawsool
Moustafa RedaChief Business Officer · DaleelStore
Shehab Eldin GommaVP of Growth · ZenHR
Eslam YousriDirector, Sales Department · Darwinbox
Mohamed Abd El-AzizCommercial Director GCC & Levant · SUNMI
Leaders in the room have run a pipeline through Ramadan and a summer. Ask them what it does to pipeline
Signals counts the moves of each new week, by email. Get the Signals
Every marker and its source, including the ones not drawn
Why two calendars?
Because the region hires on both: budgets and fiscal years run on the Gregorian calendar, while Ramadan, the Eids and Hajj move eleven days earlier each year. The strip shows both so a quiet week can be read against the right one.
Is a hatched week a missing week?
No. A hatched week has not been counted yet, and a counted week with no moves is a zero. Nothing is estimated.
Where is the Ramadan comparison?
It needs two counted Ramadans, and this window holds none yet. The first comparison is printed in the issue that contains it.
Add your numbers
The gaps close fastest when the region adds its numbers.
Anonymised and pooled. A compensation range is published only once at least 10 people from 5 or more companies have added theirs.