City ProfileMadrid · ES
Madrid
Madrid hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.
Postings · Sep 2026+100%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 11.6667 high
Rank · ES
#1of 2 ES cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs ES
Share of ES postings
100.0%1 of 2
3-Mo momentum
Rising+100% 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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Madrid.
Median bands from the 1 Madrid postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
30 points less remote-friendly than the Spain baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1515% rem.
'1682% rem.
'1768% rem.
'1838% rem.
'1950% rem.
'2091% rem.
'2198% rem.
'2298% rem.
'23100% rem.
'2455% rem.
'2550% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Madrid vs ES
Madrid43% remote-friendly
ES average73% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Python tops Madrid's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 7 Madrid hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Madrid vs ESShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MadridES baseline