City ProfileBarcelona · Catalonia · ES
Barcelona
Barcelona hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Catalonia.
Postings · Sep 2026−75%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
1.3333 low3-mo avg · 813.3333 high
Rank · ES
#2of 2 ES cities
Remote-friendly · This month
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Share of ES postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−75% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the Spain 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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Barcelona.
Median bands from the 13 Barcelona postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
8 points more remote-friendly than the Spain 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 '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11100% rem.
'1217% rem.
'1355% rem.
'1486% rem.
'1530% rem.
'1637% rem.
'1729% rem.
'1842% rem.
'1945% rem.
'2062% rem.
'2181% rem.
'2299% rem.
'2395% rem.
'2491% rem.
'2585% rem.
'2675% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Barcelona vs ES
Barcelona81% remote-friendly
ES average73% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Python tops Barcelona's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 83 Barcelona hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
30% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Barcelona vs ESShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BarcelonaES baseline