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Tokyo

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

Postings · Jun 2026+125%3-mo momentum
6
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 13 high
Rank · JP
#1of 1 JP cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs JP
Share of JP postings
100.0%6 of 2
3-Mo momentum
Rising+125% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Climbed faster than the JP 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
1,551since 2011 · 183 months
−54% YoY2025 vs 2024
190
'22
31
'23
28
'24
13
'25
13
'26
All-time total
1,551183 months
↑ Best year
2018293
↓ Worst full year
20137
Latest full year
2025−54% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Tokyo.

Median bands from the 3 Tokyo postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

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

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

§ 02Work Model

6 points less remote-friendly than the JP baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
80%
−6 ptsvs JP · 86%
Remote
53%
Hybrid
27%
Onsite-only
20%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
50% rem.
'14
86% rem.
'15
35% rem.
'16
37% rem.
'17
13% rem.
'18
20% rem.
'19
46% rem.
'20
32% rem.
'21
43% rem.
'22
65% rem.
'23
71% rem.
'24
24% rem.
'25
23% rem.
'26
77% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Tokyo vs JP
Tokyo80% remote-friendly
JP average86% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Tokyo's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 15 Tokyo hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
5mentions↓ 26%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2533% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python−26%5
02React−19%5
03TypeScript+867%5
04Kubernetes+673%4
05Machine Learning—4
06Terraform+673%4
07ArgoCD—3
08C+++93%3
09Go−28%3
10Rust+93%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01TypeScript+867%
  • 02Kubernetes+673%
  • 03Terraform+673%
  • 04C+++93%
Cooling↘
  • 01Go−28%
  • 02Python−26%
  • 03React−19%

80% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Tokyo vs JPShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
TokyoJP baseline
Data Ml
match
9%
6%
+3 pts1.4×
Design
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
86%
83%
+3 pts1.0×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.6×
Sales
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.2×