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Zurich

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

Postings · May 2026+33%3-mo momentum
6
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0.3333 low3-mo avg: 36 high
Rank · CH
#1of 2 CH cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs CH
Share of CH postings
100.0%6 of 10
3-Mo momentum
Rising+33% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the Switzerland 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 yearPeak year
All-time postings
1,323since 2011 · 182 months
+16% YoY2025 vs 2024
88
'22
21
'23
31
'24
36
'25
18
'26
All-time total
1,323182 months
↑ Best year
2017260
↓ Worst full year
20122
Latest full year
2025+16% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior eng pays $115k across 2023–Present.

Median bands from the 28 Zurich postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD115K
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Senior$115k n=16

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median.

Senior eng median · CH peer cities · 2023–Present
Not enough other CH cities clear the disclosure floor to chart a peer distribution yet.
§ 02Work Model

16 points less remote-friendly than the Switzerland baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
56%
−16 ptsvs CH · 72%
Remote
23%
Hybrid
33%
Onsite-only
44%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
100% rem.
'15
22% rem.
'16
50% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
47% rem.
'19
56% rem.
'20
80% rem.
'21
92% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
83% rem.
'24
71% rem.
'25
37% rem.
'26
89% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Zurich vs CH
Zurich56% remote-friendly
CH average72% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops Zurich's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 44 Zurich hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAmazon Web Services (AWS)
9mentions↑ 411%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2520% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Amazon Web Services (AWS)+411%9
02Git—9
03Linux (non-WSL)—9
04PostgreSQL—8
05Python+355%8
06TypeScript+127%8
07React−1%7
08Arch—2
09CI/CD+14%2
10Go—2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)+411%
  • 02Python+355%
  • 03TypeScript+127%
  • 04CI/CD+14%
Cooling↘
  • 01Make−81%
  • 02JavaScript−72%
  • 03Kubernetes−72%
  • 04Machine Learning−72%

55% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · Zurich vs CHShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
ZurichCH baseline
Data Ml
match
27%
23%
+4 pts1.2×
Design
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.8×
Engineering
match
54%
62%
−8 pts0.9×
Executive
match
3%
3%
+0 pts1.2×
Marketing
match
2%
1%
+1 pts1.5×
Other
over-indexed
11%
7%
+4 pts1.5×
Product
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.5×
Sales
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.5×
About this page

Zurich postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

Caveats
  • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
  • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
  • ·Comparisons against the CH baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.