City ProfileBerlin · DE
Berlin
Europe's startup capital on HN. Berlin skews toward B2B SaaS, developer tooling, and early-stage engineering teams — a profile that reflects the city's role as a magnet for European founder-engineers.
Postings · Aug 2026−46%3-mo momentum
20
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
18 low3-mo avg · 2633.3333 high
Rank · DE
#1of 5 DE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
70%−2 pts vs DE
Share of DE postings
80.0%20 of 26
3-Mo momentum
Falling−46% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Europe's second market by volume; grew faster than London through the 2021–2022 peak.
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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Berlin.
Median bands from the 8 Berlin postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
Remote share tracks the Germany baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1129% rem.
'1242% rem.
'1382% rem.
'1489% rem.
'1538% rem.
'1636% rem.
'1725% rem.
'1821% rem.
'1932% rem.
'2067% rem.
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'2294% rem.
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Trailing 12 months · Berlin vs DE
Berlin64% remote-friendly
DE average66% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
B2B SaaS and dev tooling define Berlin — a founder-engineer city.
Keywords counted across 309 Berlin hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
69% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Berlin vs DEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BerlinDE baseline