City ProfileLisbon · PT

Lisbon

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

Postings · Jul 2026−9%3-mo momentum
9
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingAug '25 Jul '26
0.3333 low3-mo avg · 23.6667 high
Rank · PT
#1of 2 PT cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs PT
Share of PT postings
100.0%9 of 12
3-Mo momentum
Falling−9% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Rising in step with the Portugal 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
579since 2011 · 184 months
−58% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
116
'22
67
'23
48
'24
20
'25
21
'26
All-time total
579184 months
↑ Best year
2022116
↓ Worst full year
20120
Latest full year
2025−58% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Lisbon 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 Lisbon accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

11 points less remote-friendly than the Portugal baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
59%
−11 ptsvs PT · 70%
Remote
11%
Hybrid
48%
Onsite-only
41%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share held the line through '24'26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'16
88% rem.
'17
47% rem.
'18
17% rem.
'19
54% rem.
'20
77% rem.
'21
83% rem.
'22
90% rem.
'23
84% rem.
'24
58% rem.
'25
65% rem.
'26
65% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Lisbon vs PT
Lisbon59% remote-friendly
PT average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 28 Lisbon hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
18mentions 133%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
AUG '2564% of postingsJUL '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+133%18
02Java+107%14
03Kubernetes+107%14
04React−9%14
05Node.js+38%12
06Go+63%11
07Amazon Web Services (AWS)9
08Apache Kafka9
09Docker9
10Scala9
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Python+133%
  • 02Java+107%
  • 03Kubernetes+107%
  • 04Go+63%
Cooling
  • 01PostgreSQL−88%
  • 02Datadog−26%
  • 03React−9%

93% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jul 2026)

Role mix · Lisbon vs PTShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
LisbonPT baseline
Data Ml
match
12%
9%
+3 pts1.3×
Design
match
1%
1%
0 pts1.0×
Engineering
match
85%
78%
+7 pts1.1×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Other
match
2%
1%
+1 pts1.4×
Product
under-indexed
1%
5%
−4 pts0.2×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×