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Geneva

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

Postings · Aug 20260%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 12.3333 high
Rank · CH
#2of 2 CH cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of CH postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Switzerland 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
151since 2011 · 185 months
+17% YoY2025 vs 2024
28
'22
6
'23
6
'24
7
'25
7
'26
All-time total
151185 months
↑ Best year
202130
↓ Worst full year
20130
Latest full year
2025+17% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Geneva.

Median bands from the 1 Geneva 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

5 points more 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
86%
+5 ptsvs CH · 81%
Remote
50%
Hybrid
36%
Onsite-only
14%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '22
RemoteHybridOnsite
'17
60% rem.
'18
39% rem.
'21
90% rem.
'22
96% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Geneva vs CH
Geneva86% remote-friendly
CH average81% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Rust tops Geneva's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 14 Geneva hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillRust
14mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '25100% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Rust—14
02TypeScript—8
03ChatGPT—7
04PHP—7
05React—7
06Linux (non-WSL)−64%5
07MacOS—5
08Windows—5
09C—1
10C#—1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
    Cooling↘
    • 01Linux (non-WSL)−64%

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

    Role mix · Geneva vs CHShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    GenevaCH baseline
    Data Ml
    under-indexed
    15%
    22%
    −7 pts0.7×
    Design
    over-indexed
    5%
    1%
    +4 pts4.3×
    Engineering
    match
    75%
    63%
    +12 pts1.2×
    Executive
    match
    0%
    2%
    −2 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    7%
    −7 pts0.0×
    Product
    match
    5%
    2%
    +3 pts2.2×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×