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Vacancies
The vacancy count is the most direct determinant of your chances in any recruitment, and the least discussed. It sets how many candidates will be selected, which in turn sets where the cutoff falls — and a substantial change in vacancies moves the cutoff more than any change in paper difficulty does.
It also carries information that shapes your application. Post-wise and category-wise vacancy tables tell you which posts have the most openings, which determines how your preference order is likely to play out, and whether the post you actually want is realistically reachable at the rank you expect.
Exam updates · checked 19 September 2026
Application forms closing soon, from the official notices
Every deadline below was read on the conducting body’s own portal. Apply days before the close — the last day is when portals slow down and no commission grants an extension for it.
Vacancies 2026 — checked 19 September 2026
Vacancy 2026: the posts on offer in the cycles now running
Counts are tentative or indicative as each notification states them and are revised by corrigenda — IBPS re-issued its RRB annexure twice this month with the total unchanged — and fixed as final vacancies later in the cycle, as SSC did for CGL 2025 at 15,118.
| Date | Exam | What was published | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16–17 September | AP Police SI, Constable, Firemen, Warders | AP SLPRB issued seven police notifications for 2,197 posts; application dates to be announced. Six notifications of 16 September 2026 and one of 17 September: 378 Sub-Inspectors (Rc.No.81/2026 — SCT SI Civil 253, RSI AR 116, SI SPF 9), 1,156 Constables, Firemen and Warders (Rc.No.91/2026 — PC Civil 542, PC AR 285, Firemen 158, Warders 171), 200 PC Communications, 213 PC Drivers and Mechanics, 60 SI Communications and PTO, 43 FSL Scientific Assistants and 147 Driver Operators. Age on 1 July 2026 (SI 21–26, PC 18–23); fee ₹600 SI, ₹300 PC. Online application and preliminary-test dates follow by press release. | slprb.ap.gov.in notifications and press notes of 16–17 September 2026 |
| 16 September | UPSC ESE 2027 | UPSC notified Engineering Services 2027 — 480 vacancies, apply to 6 October. The Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination 2027 was notified on 16 September 2026 with 480 vacancies (Civil 199, Mechanical 85, Electrical 72, Electronics and Telecommunication 118; 19 PwBD). Applications run to 6 October 2026; fee ₹200, nil for women, SC, ST and PwBD; age 21–30 on 1 January 2027. Prelims 31 January 2027, mains 18 June 2027. | upsc.gov.in |
| 15 September | APPSC Group-I and 19 others | APPSC issued twenty brief notifications for 892 posts, Group-I among them. Brief Notifications 07/2026 to 26/2026 under Andhra Pradesh’s 2026 job calendar: Group-I Services (07/2026) with 163 posts and applications tentatively 6–27 October; Assistant Statistical Officer 196 posts (13 October – 2 November); Executive Officer Grade-III 104; Industrial Promotion Officer 78; Hostel Welfare Officer 73; forest posts 73. Detailed notifications follow on or before each window opens. | psc.ap.gov.in web note, 15 September 2026 |
| 14 September | RRB Paramedical CEN 05/2026 | RRB CEN 05/2026 — 590 paramedical posts, apply 15 September – 14 October. Detailed CEN of 14 September 2026 after an indicative notice of 12 September: Nursing Superintendent 365, Pharmacist 118, Health and Malaria Inspector 43, Lab Assistant 31, Radiographer 25, ECG Technician 4, Optometrist 2, Dialysis Technician 1, Audiologist 1 — 590 in all. Applications 15 September – 14 October (23:59), fee to 16 October, modification 17–26 October; age on 1 January 2027. | RRB portal, CEN 05/2026 PDF |
| 10 September | SSC CPO 2026 | SSC CPO 2026: Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police and CAPFs — 2,018 posts, apply to 30 September. Notice of 10 September 2026 with 2,018 tentative vacancies. Online applications 10–30 September (23:00), fee to 1 October, correction window 8–10 October; Paper 1 date to be notified (the calendar placed it in October–November). | ssc.gov.in notice board |
| 7 September | SSC CHSL 2026 | SSC CHSL 2026 notified — about 2,536 posts, apply to 7 October. Notice of 7 September 2026 for the Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination with about 2,536 tentative vacancies. Applications 7 September – 7 October (23:00), fee to 8 October, corrections 14–16 October; Tier 1 and Tier 2 dates to be notified. | ssc.gov.in notice board |
| 7 September | UIIC AO 2026 | United India Insurance: Administrative Officers (Scale I) — apply to 28 September. Notification HO:HRM:REC:AO:1:2026 of 7 September 2026 for Administrative Officers (Generalists and Hindi Officers), with the detailed advertisement, apply-online link and a grievance register on uiic.co.in. Registration closes 28 September 2026. | uiic.co.in → Careers → Recruitment |
| 2 September | SSC JE 2026 | SSC JE 2026 — 1,748 posts, applications close 22 September with no extension. Notice of 2 September 2026 for Junior Engineer (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Telecom) and, for the first time, Scientific Assistant in IMD. Applications to 22 September (23:00), fee to 23 September, corrections 28–30 September; Paper 1 tentatively October–November and Paper 2 December. A notice of 17 September rules out any extension. | ssc.gov.in notices of 2 and 17 September 2026 |
| 1 September | IBPS RRB XV | IBPS RRB XV — 13,745 posts in the Regional Rural Banks, apply to 21 September. Notification of 1 September 2026 for Officers Scale I, II and III and Office Assistants; vacancy annexure updated on 9 and 15 September, total unchanged at 13,745 (8,222 Office Assistants, 4,256 Officers Scale I, 1,047 Scale II, 220 Scale III). Registration and fee 1–21 September 2026. | ibps.in |
| 13 August | RRB JE CEN 04/2026 | RRB JE CEN 04/2026 — 3,993 posts plus 35 CMA; applications closed 13 September, modification window to 25 September. Published 13 August 2026 for Junior Engineer and Depot Material Superintendent; corrigendum of 18 August added 35 Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant posts. Applications ran 14 August – 13 September; the modification window runs to 25 September. CBT 1 fixed for 27, 28 and 30 October by the notice of 16 September. | RRB portal |
| 11 August | SBI Clerk 2026-27 | SBI Junior Associates: 7,680 regular and 287 backlog posts, plus a 1,538-post special drive. Advertisement CRPD/CR/2026-27/17 took registration from 11 to 31 August 2026 for 7,680 regular and 287 backlog vacancies; a separate SC/ST/OBC backlog drive (CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16, 1,538 posts) ran 7–27 August. Both place the prelims tentatively in September 2026; the special-drive call letters came in early September. | sbi.co.in/careers |
| 7 August | AILET 2027 | AILET 2027 on 13 December — applications to 10 November. NLU Delhi opened AILET 2027 applications on 7 August 2026 with the last date 10 November; admit cards on 30 November and the test on Sunday 13 December 2026, 2–4 p.m. | nationallawuniversitydelhi.in |
| 1 August | IBPS Clerk (CSA-XVI) | IBPS Clerk 2026: 11,403 posts; prelims 10–11 October. CRP CSA-XVI notified 1 August 2026 with 11,403 indicative state-wise vacancies; registration 1–21 August. Preliminary examination on 10 and 11 October 2026 per the IBPS calendar, mains 27 December, provisional allotment March 2027. | ibps.in |
| 31 July | KPSC KAS 2026-27 | KPSC KAS 2026-27: 319 posts; applications closed 7 September; prelims 15 November. Notification of 31 July 2026 for 319 Gazetted Probationers posts (Group A 117, Group B 202; 22 Kalyana Karnataka). Applications closed on 7 September after a week’s extension; prelims 15 November 2026; mains tentatively 12–18 February 2027. | kpsc.kar.nic.in |
| 22 July | CLAT 2027 | CLAT 2027 on 6 December — applications open to 31 October. The Consortium of NLUs fixed CLAT 2027 for Sunday 6 December 2026, 2–4 p.m., with the online application open from 3 August to 31 October 2026 (11:59 p.m.); fee ₹4,000 (₹3,500 SC, ST, BPL, PwD). | consortiumofnlus.ac.in |
| 25 June | UPPSC PCS 2026 | UPPSC PCS 2026: about 500 posts; prelims 6 December. Advertisement A-1/E-1/2026 of 25 June 2026 for about 500 posts; applications closed 3 August. The preliminary examination is on 6 December 2026. The 2025 cycle (920 posts) held its mains from 29 March to 1 April 2026; result awaited. | uppsc.up.nic.in |
| 21 May | SSC CGL 2026 | SSC CGL 2026: about 12,256 posts, 28 lakh-plus applicants. Notice of 21 May 2026 with about 12,256 tentative vacancies; applications 21 May – 22 June, reopened 23–25 June for candidates stuck on the new portal, drawing more than 28 lakh applicants. Tier 1 is on 30 September – 30 October 2026. | ssc.gov.in notice board |
| 14 May | RRB ALP CEN 01/2026 | RRB ALP CEN 01/2026: 11,127 posts; CBT 1 date not yet announced. Published 14 May 2026 with 11,127 Assistant Loco Pilot vacancies; applications 15 May – 14 June, modifications 17–26 June, application-status notice 25 August. The CBT 1 schedule is awaited. | RRB portal |
| 31 January | RRB Group D CEN 09/2025 | RRB Group D: 22,195 Level 1 posts, 52.4 lakh applications. CEN 09/2025 of 31 January 2026 with 22,195 vacancies drew 52,39,760 applications — the largest at Chandigarh (6.4 lakh), Mumbai (5.3 lakh), Guwahati (5.2 lakh) and Secunderabad (4.5 lakh). The CBT ran 3–25 August 2026 in 16 sittings; result and PET awaited. | RRB portal |
| 1 December 2025 | SSC GD Constable 2026 | SSC GD 2026: 25,487 posts; CBE held 27 April – 31 May, answer key 15 June. Notice of 1 December 2025 with 25,487 tentative vacancies (23,467 male, 2,020 female). The computer-based examination ran from 27 April to 31 May 2026 in four windows; the tentative answer key came on 15 June with challenges to 20 June. The CBE result and PET/PST follow. | ssc.gov.in notice board |
Exam guides for the updates above
AP Police SI, Constable, Firemen, Warders — exam guide UPSC ESE 2027 — exam guide APPSC Group-I and 19 others — exam guide RRB Paramedical CEN 05/2026 — exam guide SSC CPO 2026 — exam guide SSC CHSL 2026 — exam guide UIIC AO 2026 — exam guide SSC JE 2026 — exam guide IBPS RRB XV — exam guide RRB JE CEN 04/2026 — exam guide
Reading a vacancy table
What to look for
- Post-wise distribution — a total figure hides the fact that some posts have hundreds of openings and others a handful. Your preference order should be informed by this.
- Category-wise breakdown — reservation is applied post by post, and the number relevant to you is your category’s share rather than the total.
- Regional or zonal allocation — in railway and some state recruitments, vacancies are distributed across zones or regions with separate merit lists.
- Whether the figure is provisional — vacancy counts are frequently revised after the notification, sometimes substantially.
Preferences
How post preference interacts with vacancies
In examinations that fill many posts from one merit list — SSC CGL most notably — you submit a preference order, and allocation follows from your rank and that order together. A post with very few vacancies will be exhausted at a high rank; a post with many will remain available further down. That means a preference order built purely on desirability, without regard to vacancy counts, can result in being allocated a post far down your list while a middling preference you would have been happy with went to someone ranked below you.
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Which government exam has the most vacancies in 2026?
Among the cycles now running, SSC GD Constable 2026 (25,487) and RRB Group D CEN 09/2025 (22,195, with 52.4 lakh applications) are the largest, followed by IBPS RRB XV (13,745), SSC CGL 2026 (about 12,256), IBPS Clerk (11,403), RRB ALP (11,127) and RRB NTPC’s two notifications (5,810 graduate and 3,058 undergraduate). SBI’s clerical recruitment adds 7,967 plus a 1,538-post special drive. The state commissions are smaller — APPSC’s twenty notifications total 892, UPPSC PCS about 500, KPSC KAS 319 — and UPSC ESE 2027 offers 480.
How do vacancy numbers affect the cutoff?
Directly and substantially. The cutoff is the score of the last candidate selected, so a larger vacancy count means more candidates are selected and the last one scored less — lowering the cutoff. A reduction in vacancies raises it. A significant change in the vacancy count moves the cutoff more than a change in paper difficulty typically does, which is why the vacancy table is worth reading as carefully as the pattern section of a notification.
How should vacancy counts affect my post preferences?
A post with very few vacancies will be exhausted at a high rank; one with many remains available further down the merit list. A preference order built purely on desirability, without regard to how many openings each post has, can leave you allocated something far down your list while a middling preference you would have accepted happily went to a lower-ranked candidate. Reading the post-wise and category-wise table before submitting preferences is worth the time.
Are vacancy numbers in a notification final?
Frequently not. Vacancy counts are often described as provisional and are revised after the notification, sometimes substantially, as departments confirm their requirements. That means both an increase and a decrease are possible before the result, and a candidate planning around a figure published at notification stage should treat it as an indication rather than a fixed number.
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