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

Postings · Sep 20260%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0.3333 low3-mo avg · 14.6667 high
Rank · HK
#1of 1 HK cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%0 pts vs HK
Share of HK postings
100.0%1 of 1
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the HK 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
1,563since 2011 · 186 months
+27% YoY2025 vs 2024
234
'22
33
'23
26
'24
33
'25
7
'26
All-time total
1,563186 months
↑ Best year
2017239
↓ Worst full year
201216
Latest full year
2025+27% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Hong Kong.

Median bands from the 1 Hong Kong 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

Remote share tracks the HK baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
57%
0 ptsvs HK · 57%
Remote
7%
Hybrid
50%
Onsite-only
43%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share held the line through '23–'25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
60% rem.
'13
92% rem.
'14
58% rem.
'15
29% rem.
'16
51% rem.
'17
36% rem.
'18
40% rem.
'19
70% rem.
'20
85% rem.
'21
99% rem.
'22
100% rem.
'23
100% rem.
'24
100% rem.
'25
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Hong Kong vs HK
Hong Kong57% remote-friendly
HK average57% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Machine Learning tops Hong Kong's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

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

#01
Top SkillMachine Learning
7mentions↓ 26%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2550% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Machine Learning−26%7
02OCaml−49%7
03PyTorch—7
04NumPy—6
05Pandas—6
06Python—6
07Ray (Ray Serve)—6
08Android—1
09Ansible—1
10GitHub Actions—1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
    Cooling↘
    • 01OCaml−49%
    • 02Machine Learning−26%

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

    Role mix · Hong Kong vs HKShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    Hong KongHK baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    30%
    33%
    −3 pts0.9×
    Design
    match
    6%
    7%
    −1 pts0.9×
    Engineering
    match
    56%
    55%
    +1 pts1.0×
    Executive
    match
    3%
    0%
    +3 pts—
    Other
    match
    5%
    5%
    −0 pts0.9×