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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 · Sep 2026−64%3-mo momentum
17
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
22 low3-mo avg · 5161 high
Rank · GB
#1of 5 GB cities
Remote-friendly · This month
41%−32 pts vs GB
Share of GB postings
100.0%17 of 33
3-Mo momentum
Falling−64% 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
17,560since 2011 · 186 months
+30% YoY2025 vs 2024
1441
'22
527
'23
518
'24
673
'25
397
'26
All-time total
17,560186 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 91 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+$193k – $470k n=11

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

12 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
66%
−12 ptsvs GB · 77%
Remote
18%
Hybrid
48%
Onsite-only
34%
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
London66% remote-friendly
GB average77% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 579 London hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
156mentions↑ 25%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2527% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+25%156
02TypeScript+5%145
03React−28%103
04Amazon Web Services (AWS)−7%90
05Rust+15%90
06Node.js−9%69
07Machine Learning−16%68
08Google Cloud+29%67
09Go−15%52
10UX/UI+127%45
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Linear+3506%
  • 02CI/CD+642%
  • 03Claude Code+536%
  • 04Lovable.dev+245%
Cooling↘
  • 01Make−55%
  • 02C++−52%
  • 03PostgreSQL−49%
  • 04Java−42%

72% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 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 pts1.1×
Engineering
match
66%
66%
−1 pts1.0×
Executive
match
2%
2%
+0 pts1.1×
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
13264%$190k02
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.95
14648%$190k03
SeattleWashington · US
0.95
2073%$182k04
AustinTexas · US
0.89
1750%—05
Los AngelesCalifornia · US
0.88
1716%—

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