City ProfileAuckland · NZ

Auckland

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

Postings · Sep 2026
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 02 high
Rank · NZ
#1of 2 NZ cities
Remote-friendly · This month
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Share of NZ postings
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3-Mo momentum
Flat—
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the New Zealand 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
117since 2011 · 186 months
+167% YoY2025 vs 2024
5
'22
5
'23
3
'24
8
'25
0
'26
All-time total
117186 months
↑ Best year
202124
↓ Worst full year
20120
Latest full year
2025+167% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Auckland 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 Auckland accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

57 points less remote-friendly than the New Zealand baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
0%
−57 ptsvs NZ · 57%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
0%
Onsite-only
100%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '21
RemoteHybridOnsite
'18
0% rem.
'19
18% rem.
'20
35% rem.
'21
57% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Auckland vs NZ
Auckland0% remote-friendly
NZ average57% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

CI/CD tops Auckland's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 3 Auckland hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillCI/CD
3mentions↑ 133%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '25100% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01CI/CD+133%3
02Terraform+133%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01CI/CD+133%
  • 02Terraform+133%
Cooling↘

    100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

    Role mix · Auckland vs NZShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    AucklandNZ baseline
    Data Ml
    under-indexed
    0%
    8%
    −8 pts0.0×
    Design
    over-indexed
    15%
    4%
    +12 pts3.9×
    Engineering
    match
    85%
    73%
    +12 pts1.2×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Product
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Sales
    under-indexed
    0%
    8%
    −8 pts0.0×