City ProfileMelbourne · Victoria · AU
Melbourne
Melbourne hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Victoria.
Postings · Sep 2026+900%3-mo momentum
9
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 13.3333 high
Rank · AU
#1of 3 AU cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−53 pts vs AU
Share of AU postings
100.0%9 of 19
3-Mo momentum
Rising+900% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the Australia baseline since the 2023 trough.
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
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Melbourne postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.
Only 3 postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Melbourne accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
37 points less remote-friendly than the Australia 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 '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1539% rem.
'1620% rem.
'1716% rem.
'1845% rem.
'1932% rem.
'2059% rem.
'2175% rem.
'2287% rem.
'2371% rem.
'2458% rem.
'25100% rem.
'2623% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Melbourne vs AU
Melbourne33% remote-friendly
AU average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Next.js tops Melbourne's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 15 Melbourne hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
87% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Melbourne vs AUShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MelbourneAU baseline