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Stockholm

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

Postings · Aug 2026+55%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
3.6667 low3-mo avg · 710.3333 high
Rank · SE
#1of 2 SE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs SE
Share of SE postings
100.0%1 of 1
3-Mo momentum
Rising+55% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Sweden 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
All-time postings
1,126since 2011 · 185 months
+49% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
134
'22
19
'23
63
'24
94
'25
37
'26
All-time total
1,126185 months
↑ Best year
2022134
↓ Worst full year
201218
Latest full year
2025+49% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Compensation by seniority.

Median bands from the 10 Stockholm postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Staff+ n=1

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

§ 02Work Model

Remote share tracks the Sweden baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
34%
−4 ptsvs SE · 38%
Remote
13%
Hybrid
21%
Onsite-only
66%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
100% rem.
'13
100% rem.
'14
52% rem.
'15
13% rem.
'16
11% rem.
'17
40% rem.
'18
38% rem.
'19
28% rem.
'20
64% rem.
'21
77% rem.
'22
58% rem.
'23
79% rem.
'24
77% rem.
'25
44% rem.
'26
57% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Stockholm vs SE
Stockholm34% remote-friendly
SE average38% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Lovable.dev tops Stockholm's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 78 Stockholm hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillLovable.dev
27mentions 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2535% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Lovable.dev+11%27
02React+7%27
03TypeScript−29%20
04Python−42%16
05Kubernetes−34%12
06JavaScript+81%11
07C#−51%9
08Laravel9
09Microsoft Azure−60%9
10PHP9
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Node.js+492%
  • 02PostgreSQL+196%
  • 03C+++97%
  • 04JavaScript+81%
Cooling
  • 01Next.js−72%
  • 02Google Cloud−67%
  • 03Make−61%
  • 04Microsoft Azure−60%

85% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Stockholm vs SEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
StockholmSE baseline
Data Ml
match
10%
11%
−1 pts0.9×
Design
match
3%
1%
+2 pts3.9×
Engineering
match
78%
81%
−3 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.3×
Marketing
match
5%
4%
+1 pts1.2×
Operations
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.6×
Other
match
0%
0%
+1 pts
Product
match
1%
0%
+1 pts