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

Postings · Aug 2026+300%3-mo momentum
8
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0.3333 low3-mo avg · 511 high
Rank · SG
#1of 1 SG cities
Remote-friendly · This month
50%−50 pts vs SG
Share of SG postings
100.0%8 of 4
3-Mo momentum
Rising+300% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Singapore 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
2,524since 2011 · 185 months
+168% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
407
'22
95
'23
41
'24
110
'25
13
'26
All-time total
2,524185 months
↑ Best year
2022407
↓ Worst full year
201217
Latest full year
2025+168% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Singapore.

Median bands from the 7 Singapore postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=3 · need 10
Senior n=3
Staff+ n=1

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

§ 02Work Model

8 points less remote-friendly than the Singapore baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
61%
−8 ptsvs SG · 69%
Remote
8%
Hybrid
53%
Onsite-only
39%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
100% rem.
'13
50% rem.
'14
100% rem.
'15
43% rem.
'16
22% rem.
'17
21% rem.
'18
23% rem.
'19
21% rem.
'20
72% rem.
'21
99% rem.
'22
97% rem.
'23
96% rem.
'24
100% rem.
'25
68% rem.
'26
38% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Singapore vs SG
Singapore61% remote-friendly
SG average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 51 Singapore hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillMachine Learning
39mentions 100%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2576% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Machine Learning+100%39
02Python+156%31
03React+130%29
04TypeScript+149%17
05Go+433%14
06OCaml−22%14
07Amazon Web Services (AWS)−23%11
08MySQL−23%11
09Node.js+10%11
10PyTorch+10%11
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Go+433%
  • 02Python+156%
  • 03TypeScript+149%
  • 04React+130%
Cooling
  • 01JavaScript−79%
  • 02UX/UI−40%
  • 03C++−24%
  • 04Amazon Web Services (AWS)−23%

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

Role mix · Singapore vs SGShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
SingaporeSG baseline
Data Ml
match
19%
18%
+1 pts1.1×
Design
match
4%
4%
+1 pts1.2×
Engineering
match
60%
62%
−2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
2%
2%
−0 pts0.9×
Finance Accounting
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.9×
Operations
match
1%
0%
+1 pts
Other
match
7%
7%
−1 pts0.9×
Product
match
6%
5%
0 pts1.0×
Sales
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.9×