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Oslo

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

Postings · Jun 2026−25%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 11.3333 high
Rank · NO
#1of 1 NO cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs NO
Share of NO postings
100.0%2 of 8
3-Mo momentum
Falling−25% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Rising in step with the Norway 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
901since 2011 · 183 months
−72% YoY2025 vs 2024
64
'22
26
'23
18
'24
5
'25
7
'26
All-time total
901183 months
↑ Best year
2021211
↓ Worst full year
20121
Latest full year
2025−72% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Oslo.

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

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=2 · need 10
Senior n=2

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

§ 02Work Model

5 points more remote-friendly than the Norway baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
100%
+5 ptsvs NO · 95%
Remote
43%
Hybrid
57%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '24
RemoteHybridOnsite
'14
0% rem.
'15
0% rem.
'16
5% rem.
'17
24% rem.
'18
7% rem.
'19
6% rem.
'20
53% rem.
'21
70% rem.
'22
35% rem.
'23
46% rem.
'24
50% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Oslo vs NO
Oslo100% remote-friendly
NO average95% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Go tops Oslo's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 8 Oslo hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillGo
3mentions 138%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2538% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Go+138%3
02Linux (non-WSL)3
03Rust+43%3
04TypeScript3
05Amazon Web Services (AWS)2
06C++−32%2
07Docker2
08Expo2
09Jenkins2
10Next.js2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Go+138%
  • 02React Native+58%
  • 03Rust+43%
Cooling
  • 01C++−32%

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

Role mix · Oslo vs NOShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
OsloNO baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
8%
15%
−8 pts0.5×
Design
match
3%
2%
+1 pts1.6×
Engineering
match
80%
75%
+5 pts1.1×
Executive
match
3%
2%
+1 pts1.6×
Marketing
match
0%
2%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
8%
5%
+3 pts1.6×