City ProfileSeoul · KR

Seoul

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

Postings · May 2026
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 May '26
0 low3-mo avg: 00.3333 high
Rank · KR
#1of 1 KR cities
Remote-friendly · This month
Share of KR postings
3-Mo momentum
Flat
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the KR baseline this cycle.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
345since 2011 · 182 months
−83% YoY2025 vs 2024
69
'22
16
'23
6
'24
1
'25
0
'26
All-time total
345182 months
↑ Best year
2014112
↓ Worst full year
20120
Latest full year
2025−83% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Seoul postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

No postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Seoul accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

Remote share tracks the KR baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
0%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
0%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'14
100% rem.
'15
100% rem.
'17
6% rem.
'18
32% rem.
'19
67% rem.
'20
83% rem.
'21
6% rem.
'22
41% rem.
'23
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Seoul vs KR
Seoul0% remote-friendly
KR average100% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Axum tops Seoul's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 1 Seoul hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAxum
1mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '25100% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Axum1
02Leptos1
03Rust+20%1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Rust+20%
Cooling

    100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

    Role mix · Seoul vs KRShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    SeoulKR baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    8%
    11%
    −3 pts0.8×
    Engineering
    match
    83%
    83%
    0 pts1.0×
    Marketing
    match
    8%
    6%
    +3 pts1.5×
    About this page

    Seoul postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

    Caveats
    • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
    • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
    • ·Comparisons against the KR baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.