City ProfileGeneva · CH

Geneva

Geneva 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 · 12.3333 high
Rank · CH
#2of 2 CH cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of CH postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Flat—
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the Switzerland baseline this cycle.

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 · 186 months
+17% YoY2025 vs 2024
28
'22
6
'23
6
'24
7
'25
7
'26
All-time total
151186 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

9 points less 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
71%
−9 ptsvs CH · 80%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
71%
Onsite-only
29%
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
Geneva71% remote-friendly
CH average80% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

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

#01
Top SkillRust
7mentions↑ 14%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '25100% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Rust+14%7
02Linux (non-WSL)+471%5
03MacOS—5
04Windows—5
05C—1
06C#—1
07C++—1
08Kotlin—1
09Swift—1
10TypeScript−84%1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Linux (non-WSL)+471%
  • 02Rust+14%
Cooling↘
  • 01TypeScript−84%

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 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%
8%
−8 pts0.0×
Product
match
5%
2%
+3 pts2.1×
Sales
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×