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Raleigh-Durham

Raleigh-Durham hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in North Carolina.

Postings · Sep 2026−22%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 23 high
Rank · US
#13of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+31 pts vs US
Share of US postings
1.0%3 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Falling−22% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2024 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
All-time postings
1,195since 2011 · 186 months
+200% YoY2025 vs 2024
76
'22
50
'23
4
'24
12
'25
19
'26
All-time total
1,195186 months
↑ Best year
2019164
↓ Worst full year
20244
Latest full year
2025+200% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Raleigh-Durham.

Median bands from the 3 Raleigh-Durham postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=2 · need 10
Junior— n=1
Senior— n=2

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

§ 02Work Model

19 points less remote-friendly than the US baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
50%
−19 ptsvs US · 69%
Remote
29%
Hybrid
21%
Onsite-only
50%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
90% rem.
'12
90% rem.
'13
59% rem.
'14
83% rem.
'15
50% rem.
'16
53% rem.
'17
17% rem.
'18
54% rem.
'19
66% rem.
'20
92% rem.
'21
99% rem.
'22
91% rem.
'23
12% rem.
'25
100% rem.
'26
37% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Raleigh-Durham vs US
Raleigh-Durham50% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Raleigh-Durham's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 24 Raleigh-Durham hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
12mentions↓ 10%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2550% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python−10%12
02PostgreSQL—8
03Apache Kafka—6
04Docker+125%6
05Kubernetes+125%6
06Go—5
07Google Cloud—5
08Machine Learning−53%5
09OpenTelemetry (OTel)—5
10Amazon Web Services (AWS)—4
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Docker+125%
  • 02Kubernetes+125%
Cooling↘
  • 01SQL−63%
  • 02Machine Learning−53%
  • 03Python−10%

83% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · Raleigh-Durham vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Raleigh-DurhamUS baseline
Data Ml
match
15%
13%
+2 pts1.2×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
72%
69%
+4 pts1.1×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
2%
0%
+2 pts33.2×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Operations
match
2%
1%
+1 pts1.7×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
match
4%
4%
−1 pts0.8×
Sales
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.4×