City ProfileCologne · DE
Cologne
Cologne hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.
Postings · Sep 20260%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 11.3333 high
Rank · DE
#4of 5 DE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+36 pts vs DE
Share of DE postings
3.0%1 of 33
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the Germany 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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Cologne.
Median bands from the 1 Cologne postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
36 points more remote-friendly than 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 climbing back in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1150% rem.
'1575% rem.
'176% rem.
'1831% rem.
'1936% rem.
'2095% rem.
'2117% rem.
'2289% rem.
'23100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cologne vs DE
Cologne100% remote-friendly
DE average65% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Docker tops Cologne's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 8 Cologne hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Cologne vs DEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
CologneDE baseline