City ProfileAmsterdam · NL

Amsterdam

Amsterdam hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.

Postings · Aug 2026−57%3-mo momentum
6
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
6.3333 low3-mo avg · 1422.3333 high
Rank · NL
#1of 3 NL cities
Remote-friendly · This month
83%+17 pts vs NL
Share of NL postings
66.7%6 of 12
3-Mo momentum
Falling−57% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Netherlands baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
All-time postings
4,879since 2011 · 185 months
−21% YoY2025 vs 2024
637
'22
335
'23
312
'24
245
'25
76
'26
All-time total
4,879185 months
↑ Best year
2021661
↓ Worst full year
201387
Latest full year
2025−21% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Amsterdam.

Median bands from the 12 Amsterdam postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=3 · need 10
Senior— n=3
Staff+— n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Senior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

Remote share tracks the Netherlands baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
80%
+4 ptsvs NL · 76%
Remote
12%
Hybrid
68%
Onsite-only
20%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
25% rem.
'13
27% rem.
'14
41% rem.
'15
21% rem.
'16
8% rem.
'17
15% rem.
'18
23% rem.
'19
28% rem.
'20
55% rem.
'21
82% rem.
'22
94% rem.
'23
94% rem.
'24
84% rem.
'25
74% rem.
'26
80% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Amsterdam vs NL
Amsterdam80% remote-friendly
NL average76% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Amsterdam's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 154 Amsterdam hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
92mentions↑ 3%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2560% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+3%92
02Go+17%56
03Redis+84%50
04Cockroachdb+84%49
05Google Cloud+18%47
06Amazon Web Services (AWS)+1%41
07Hugging Face (Transformers)+14%41
08Machine Learning−8%40
09Microsoft Azure−2%39
10PyTorch+8%38
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01C+++648%
  • 02PostgreSQL+591%
  • 03Swift+591%
  • 04React+289%
Cooling↘
  • 01Rust−80%
  • 02TypeScript−70%
  • 03Machine Learning−8%
  • 04Microsoft Azure−2%

94% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Amsterdam vs NLShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
AmsterdamNL baseline
Data Ml
match
17%
17%
+1 pts1.0×
Design
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
59%
62%
−2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
3%
2%
+0 pts1.1×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
+0 pts1.2×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
2%
1%
+0 pts1.1×
Operations
match
3%
3%
+0 pts1.1×
Other
match
4%
4%
+0 pts1.1×
Product
match
4%
4%
+1 pts1.2×
Sales
match
6%
6%
+1 pts1.1×