City ProfileLondon · GBEditorial

London

The dominant European hiring market on HN and the only non-US city to consistently rank in the global top five. Fintech is the structural anchor, but London's breadth rivals New York — media, enterprise SaaS, and deep tech all feature.

Postings · Aug 2026−41%3-mo momentum
20
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
34.6667 low3-mo avg · 5461 high
Rank · GB
#1of 5 GB cities
Remote-friendly · This month
55%−19 pts vs GB
Share of GB postings
100.0%20 of 35
3-Mo momentum
Falling−41% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Leads European volume by a wide margin and has done so consistently.

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
17,543since 2011 · 185 months
+30% YoY2025 vs 2024
1441
'22
527
'23
518
'24
673
'25
380
'26
All-time total
17,543185 months
↑ Best year
20182416
↓ Worst full year
2012345
Latest full year
2025+30% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior eng pays $110k across 2023–Present.

Median bands from the 89 London postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD110K
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=1
Senior$93k – $185k n=39
Staff+$185k – $471k n=10

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

Senior eng median · GB peer cities · 2023–Present
Not enough other GB cities clear the disclosure floor to chart a peer distribution yet.
§ 02Work Model

11 points less remote-friendly than the United Kingdom baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
67%
−11 ptsvs GB · 78%
Remote
19%
Hybrid
48%
Onsite-only
33%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
85% rem.
'12
43% rem.
'13
76% rem.
'14
52% rem.
'15
30% rem.
'16
23% rem.
'17
30% rem.
'18
28% rem.
'19
39% rem.
'20
63% rem.
'21
90% rem.
'22
95% rem.
'23
86% rem.
'24
67% rem.
'25
72% rem.
'26
61% rem.
Trailing 12 months · London vs GB
London67% remote-friendly
GB average78% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Europe's top market, anchored by fintech and broader than any other non-US city.

Keywords counted across 619 London hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
163mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2526% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+29%163
02TypeScript+20%162
03React−13%123
04Amazon Web Services (AWS)+8%102
05Rust+38%99
06Machine Learning+16%84
07Node.js+2%76
08Google Cloud+50%75
09Go+9%62
10UX/UI+55%45
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Linear+3174%
  • 02CI/CD+574%
  • 03Docker+189%
  • 04Terraform+78%
Cooling↘
  • 01OCaml−60%
  • 02MySQL−54%
  • 03C++−49%
  • 04PostgreSQL−43%

73% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · London vs GBShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
LondonGB baseline
Data Ml
match
15%
14%
+1 pts1.1×
Design
match
3%
3%
+0 pts1.0×
Engineering
match
66%
66%
−0 pts1.0×
Executive
match
2%
2%
+0 pts1.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
+0 pts1.4×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
+0 pts1.4×
Marketing
match
2%
2%
−0 pts0.8×
Operations
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.1×
Other
match
3%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Product
match
5%
6%
−1 pts0.9×
Sales
match
3%
3%
+0 pts1.1×
§ 04Similar Cities

Where else looks like London?

Cosine similarity across role mix, work-model split, and skill profile.

CityMatchPosts/moRemote%Sr. median
01
New YorkNew York · US
0.97
13360%$190k02
SeattleWashington · US
0.96
2044%$183k03
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.96
15059%$190k04
AustinTexas · US
0.90
17100%—05
Los AngelesCalifornia · US
0.89
1557%—

Match score = cosine similarity over (category share, work-model split, top-50 skill share)