City ProfileMadrid · ES

Madrid

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

Postings · May 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0 low3-mo avg: 12 high
Rank · ES
#2of 2 ES cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of ES postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−100% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Spain baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
493since 2011 · 182 months
−20% YoY2025 vs 2024
41
'22
36
'23
20
'24
16
'25
1
'26
All-time total
493182 months
↑ Best year
202084
↓ Worst full year
20134
Latest full year
2025−20% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Madrid.

Median bands from the 3 Madrid postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=3 · need 10
Senior— n=3

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Senior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

29 points less remote-friendly than the Spain baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
50%
−29 ptsvs ES · 79%
Remote
10%
Hybrid
40%
Onsite-only
50%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'15
15% rem.
'16
82% rem.
'17
68% rem.
'18
38% rem.
'19
50% rem.
'20
91% rem.
'21
98% rem.
'22
98% rem.
'23
100% rem.
'24
55% rem.
'25
50% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Madrid vs ES
Madrid50% remote-friendly
ES average79% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 10 Madrid hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
9mentions↑ 64%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2590% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+64%9
02Go+40%7
03Kubernetes+17%7
04Datadog+43%5
05Java+43%5
06React0%5
07TypeScript0%5
08Amazon Web Services (AWS)−20%2
09Dagster—2
10Docker0%2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Terraform+300%
  • 02Python+64%
  • 03Datadog+43%
  • 04Java+43%
Cooling↘
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−20%

90% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · Madrid vs ESShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MadridES baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
9%
16%
−8 pts0.5×
Design
under-indexed
0%
5%
−5 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
88%
70%
+17 pts1.2×
Executive
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Product
under-indexed
4%
7%
−3 pts0.5×
Sales
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
About this page

Madrid postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

Caveats
  • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
  • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
  • ·Comparisons against the ES baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.