City ProfileSingapore · SG
Singapore
Singapore hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.
Postings · Aug 2026+300%3-mo momentum
8
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0.3333 low3-mo avg · 511 high
Rank · SG
#1of 1 SG cities
Remote-friendly · This month
50%−50 pts vs SG
Share of SG postings
100.0%8 of 4
3-Mo momentum
Rising+300% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the Singapore 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 Singapore.
Median bands from the 7 Singapore postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
8 points less remote-friendly than the Singapore 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
'12100% rem.
'1350% rem.
'14100% rem.
'1543% rem.
'1622% rem.
'1721% rem.
'1823% rem.
'1921% rem.
'2072% rem.
'2199% rem.
'2297% rem.
'2396% rem.
'24100% rem.
'2568% rem.
'2638% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Singapore vs SG
Singapore61% remote-friendly
SG average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Machine Learning tops Singapore's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 51 Singapore hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
90% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Singapore vs SGShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
SingaporeSG baseline