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Helsinki

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

Postings · Aug 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 00.3333 high
Rank · FI
#1of 1 FI cities
Remote-friendly · This month
Share of FI postings
3-Mo momentum
Falling−100% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Rising in step with the Finland 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
520since 2011 · 185 months
−100% YoY2025 vs 2024
40
'22
1
'23
8
'24
0
'25
1
'26
All-time total
520185 months
↑ Best year
2021117
↓ Worst full year
20250
Latest full year
2025−100% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Helsinki postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

No postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Helsinki accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

Remote share tracks the Finland baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
100%
0 ptsvs FI · 100%
Remote
100%
Hybrid
0%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '22
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
0% rem.
'12
100% rem.
'14
88% rem.
'15
47% rem.
'16
14% rem.
'17
50% rem.
'18
10% rem.
'19
45% rem.
'20
48% rem.
'21
80% rem.
'22
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Helsinki vs FI
Helsinki100% remote-friendly
FI average100% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Claude Code tops Helsinki's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 1 Helsinki hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillClaude Code
1mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '25100% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Claude Code1
02MCP (Model Context Protocol)1
03React1
04TypeScript1

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

Role mix · Helsinki vs FIShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
HelsinkiFI baseline
Data Ml
match
20%
21%
−1 pts0.9×
Engineering
match
60%
68%
−8 pts0.9×
Product
over-indexed
20%
11%
+10 pts1.9×