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Melbourne

Melbourne hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Victoria.

Postings · Aug 2026
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 12.3333 high
Rank · AU
#2of 3 AU cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−100 pts vs AU
Share of AU postings
50.0%1 of 5
3-Mo momentum
Flat
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Australia 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
829since 2011 · 185 months
+33% YoY2025 vs 2024
88
'22
36
'23
12
'24
16
'25
4
'26
All-time total
829185 months
↑ Best year
2018144
↓ Worst full year
20133
Latest full year
2025+33% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Melbourne postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

Only 3 postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Melbourne accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

12 points more remote-friendly than the Australia baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
92%
+12 ptsvs AU · 80%
Remote
15%
Hybrid
77%
Onsite-only
8%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'15
39% rem.
'16
20% rem.
'17
16% rem.
'18
45% rem.
'19
32% rem.
'20
59% rem.
'21
75% rem.
'22
87% rem.
'23
71% rem.
'24
58% rem.
'25
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Melbourne vs AU
Melbourne92% remote-friendly
AU average80% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops Melbourne's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 13 Melbourne hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAmazon Web Services (AWS)
2mentions 38%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2515% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−38%2
02C#2
03Microsoft Azure−38%2
04PHP+23%2
05React−38%2
06Ruby on Rails−38%2
07YouTube2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01PHP+23%
Cooling
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−38%
  • 02Microsoft Azure−38%
  • 03React−38%
  • 04Ruby on Rails−38%

31% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Melbourne vs AUShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MelbourneAU baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
5%
10%
−4 pts0.5×
Design
match
0%
2%
−1 pts0.0×
Engineering
match
84%
72%
+12 pts1.2×
Executive
over-indexed
11%
2%
+8 pts4.5×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Operations
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
6%
−6 pts0.0×