City ProfileMadrid · ES

Madrid

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

Postings · Jun 20260%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 12 high
Rank · ES
#2of 2 ES cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−67 pts vs ES
Share of ES postings
33.3%1 of 3
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Spain 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
494since 2011 · 183 months
−20% YoY2025 vs 2024
41
'22
36
'23
20
'24
16
'25
2
'26
All-time total
494183 months
↑ Best year
202084
↓ Worst full year
20134
Latest full year
2025−20% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Madrid.

Median bands from the 1 Madrid 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

34 points less remote-friendly than the Spain baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
45%
−34 ptsvs ES · 80%
Remote
9%
Hybrid
36%
Onsite-only
55%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'15
15% rem.
'16
82% rem.
'17
68% rem.
'18
38% rem.
'19
50% rem.
'20
91% rem.
'21
98% rem.
'22
98% rem.
'23
100% rem.
'24
55% rem.
'25
50% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Madrid vs ES
Madrid45% remote-friendly
ES average80% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 11 Madrid hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
10mentions↑ 65%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2591% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+65%10
02Go+45%8
03Kubernetes+21%8
04Datadog+56%6
05Java+56%6
06React+9%6
07TypeScript+9%6
08Amazon Web Services (AWS)−27%2
09Dagster—2
10Docker−9%2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Terraform+264%
  • 02Python+65%
  • 03Datadog+56%
  • 04Java+56%
Cooling↘
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−27%
  • 02Docker−9%
  • 03Elasticsearch−9%
  • 04PostgreSQL−9%

91% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Madrid vs ESShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MadridES baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
9%
16%
−8 pts0.5×
Design
under-indexed
0%
5%
−5 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
88%
70%
+17 pts1.2×
Executive
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Product
under-indexed
4%
7%
−3 pts0.5×
Sales
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×