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Cologne

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

Postings · Aug 2026−50%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 11.3333 high
Rank · DE
#3of 5 DE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+28 pts vs DE
Share of DE postings
4.0%1 of 26
3-Mo momentum
Falling−50% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Germany 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
416since 2011 · 185 months
+75% YoY2025 vs 2024
44
'22
21
'23
4
'24
7
'25
3
'26
All-time total
416185 months
↑ Best year
202084
↓ Worst full year
20131
Latest full year
2025+75% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Cologne.

Median bands from the 1 Cologne 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

34 points more remote-friendly than the Germany baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
100%
+34 ptsvs DE · 66%
Remote
14%
Hybrid
86%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
50% rem.
'15
75% rem.
'17
6% rem.
'18
31% rem.
'19
36% rem.
'20
95% rem.
'21
17% rem.
'22
89% rem.
'23
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Cologne vs DE
Cologne100% remote-friendly
DE average66% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Cologne's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 7 Cologne hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
4mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2557% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python4
02Docker3
03Linux (non-WSL)3
04PostgreSQL−14%3
05UX/UI3
06Amazon Web Services (AWS)−71%1
07React1
08Svelte1
09TypeScript−71%1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
    Cooling
    • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−71%
    • 02TypeScript−71%
    • 03PostgreSQL−14%

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

    Role mix · Cologne vs DEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    CologneDE baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    23%
    18%
    +5 pts1.2×
    Design
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Engineering
    match
    50%
    58%
    −8 pts0.9×
    Executive
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    over-indexed
    9%
    3%
    +6 pts3.1×
    Operations
    match
    0%
    2%
    −2 pts0.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    4%
    −4 pts0.0×
    Product
    over-indexed
    18%
    5%
    +13 pts3.7×
    Sales
    under-indexed
    0%
    6%
    −6 pts0.0×