City ProfileCologne · DE

Cologne

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

Postings · Jun 2026
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 11.3333 high
Rank · DE
#5of 5 DE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
Share of DE postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Flat
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the Germany baseline this cycle.

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
415since 2011 · 183 months
+75% YoY2025 vs 2024
44
'22
21
'23
4
'24
7
'25
2
'26
All-time total
415183 months
↑ Best year
202084
↓ Worst full year
20131
Latest full year
2025+75% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Cologne.

Median bands from the 1 Cologne postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

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

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

§ 02Work Model

32 points more remote-friendly than the Germany baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
100%
+32 ptsvs DE · 68%
Remote
29%
Hybrid
71%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
50% rem.
'15
75% rem.
'17
6% rem.
'18
31% rem.
'19
36% rem.
'20
95% rem.
'21
17% rem.
'22
89% rem.
'23
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cologne vs DE
Cologne100% remote-friendly
DE average68% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 7 Cologne hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
4mentions 129%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2557% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+129%4
02Linux (non-WSL)3
03PostgreSQL−14%3
04Docker2
05UX/UI2
06Amazon Web Services (AWS)−71%1
07ChatGPT1
08React1
09Svelte1
10TypeScript−81%1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Python+129%
Cooling
  • 01TypeScript−81%
  • 02Amazon Web Services (AWS)−71%
  • 03PostgreSQL−14%

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Cologne vs DEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
CologneDE baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
24%
18%
+6 pts1.3×
Design
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
52%
58%
−6 pts0.9×
Executive
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
over-indexed
10%
3%
+6 pts3.1×
Operations
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Other
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×
Product
over-indexed
14%
5%
+10 pts3.2×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
5%
−5 pts0.0×