City ProfileDubai · AE
Dubai
Dubai 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
0.3333 low3-mo avg · 12.3333 high
Rank · AE
#1of 1 AE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%
Share of AE postings
100.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−50% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the AE 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
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Dubai 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 Dubai accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
Remote share tracks the AE 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 '24
RemoteHybridOnsite
'16100% rem.
'1721% rem.
'1835% rem.
'1976% rem.
'20100% rem.
'2194% rem.
'2386% rem.
'2454% rem.
§ 03City Signature
Python tops Dubai's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 15 Dubai hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
53% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)