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Tokyo

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

Postings · Aug 2026+333%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 24.6667 high
Rank · JP
#1of 1 JP cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs JP
Share of JP postings
100.0%2 of 2
3-Mo momentum
Rising+333% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Rising in step with the JP 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
1,558since 2011 · 185 months
−54% YoY2025 vs 2024
190
'22
31
'23
28
'24
13
'25
20
'26
All-time total
1,558185 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

7 points more 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
71%
+7 ptsvs JP · 65%
Remote
52%
Hybrid
19%
Onsite-only
29%
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
70% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Tokyo vs JP
Tokyo71% remote-friendly
JP average65% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 21 Tokyo hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillC
6mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2529% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01C—6
02Hugging Face (Transformers)—6
03vLLM—6
04Python−35%5
05React−35%5
06TypeScript+424%5
07Machine Learning—4
08ArgoCD—3
09C+++5%3
10Go−21%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01TypeScript+424%
  • 02Kubernetes+57%
  • 03Terraform+57%
  • 04C+++5%
Cooling↘
  • 01Python−35%
  • 02React−35%
  • 03Go−21%

71% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Tokyo vs JPShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
TokyoJP baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
13%
10%
+4 pts1.4×
Design
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
82%
80%
+2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.2×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Sales
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.2×