City ProfileWellington · NZ
Wellington
Wellington hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.
Postings · Aug 2026
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 00.3333 high
Rank · NZ
#2of 2 NZ cities
Remote-friendly · This month
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Share of NZ postings
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3-Mo momentum
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§ 00Hiring Volume
Lagging the New Zealand 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 yearAll-time peak
§ 01Compensation
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Wellington 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 Wellington accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
Remote share tracks the New Zealand 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 '21
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1622% rem.
'18100% rem.
'1996% rem.
'2154% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Wellington vs NZ
Wellington0% remote-friendly
NZ average60% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
An AI-and-data city above all else.
Share of Wellington postings mentioning each skill over the last 12 months. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
Role mix · Wellington vs NZShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
WellingtonNZ baseline