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Stockholm

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

Postings · Sep 2026−25%3-mo momentum
11
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
3.6667 low3-mo avg · 69.6667 high
Rank · SE
#1of 2 SE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
55%−12 pts vs SE
Share of SE postings
100.0%11 of 9
3-Mo momentum
Falling−25% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Lagging the Sweden baseline this cycle.

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
1,137since 2011 · 186 months
+49% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
134
'22
19
'23
63
'24
94
'25
48
'26
All-time total
1,137186 months
↑ Best year
2022134
↓ Worst full year
201218
Latest full year
2025+49% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Compensation by seniority.

Median bands from the 10 Stockholm postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Staff+— n=1

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

§ 02Work Model

12 points less remote-friendly than the Sweden baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
45%
−12 ptsvs SE · 57%
Remote
20%
Hybrid
25%
Onsite-only
55%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
100% rem.
'13
100% rem.
'14
52% rem.
'15
13% rem.
'16
11% rem.
'17
40% rem.
'18
38% rem.
'19
28% rem.
'20
64% rem.
'21
77% rem.
'22
58% rem.
'23
79% rem.
'24
77% rem.
'25
44% rem.
'26
56% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Stockholm vs SE
Stockholm45% remote-friendly
SE average57% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

React tops Stockholm's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 69 Stockholm hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillReact
25mentions↑ 34%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2536% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01React+34%25
02TypeScript−14%18
03Python−28%14
04Lovable.dev−56%13
05Rust+121%12
06JavaScript+255%11
07Kubernetes−32%10
08Laravel—9
09PHP—9
10Electron—8
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Node.js+674%
  • 02PostgreSQL+287%
  • 03JavaScript+255%
  • 04Rust+121%
Cooling↘
  • 01Next.js−63%
  • 02Microsoft Azure−61%
  • 03Google Cloud−57%
  • 04Lovable.dev−56%

81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · Stockholm vs SEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
StockholmSE baseline
Data Ml
match
10%
10%
−0 pts1.0×
Design
match
3%
1%
+2 pts2.3×
Engineering
match
76%
79%
−3 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
1%
0 pts1.0×
Marketing
match
6%
5%
+1 pts1.1×
Operations
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.7×
Other
match
0%
0%
+1 pts—
Product
match
2%
1%
+1 pts2.7×