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Stockholm

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

Postings · Jul 2026+36%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingAug '25 → Jul '26
3.6667 low3-mo avg · 710.3333 high
Rank · SE
#1of 2 SE cities
Remote-friendly · This month
67%0 pts vs SE
Share of SE postings
100.0%3 of 3
3-Mo momentum
Rising+36% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Sweden 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
1,125since 2011 · 184 months
+49% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
134
'22
19
'23
63
'24
94
'25
36
'26
All-time total
1,125184 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

Remote share tracks the Sweden baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
30%
−3 ptsvs SE · 33%
Remote
12%
Hybrid
18%
Onsite-only
70%
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
Stockholm30% remote-friendly
SE average33% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 83 Stockholm hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillLovable.dev
30mentions↑ 21%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
AUG '2536% of postingsJUL '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Lovable.dev+21%30
02React+16%30
03TypeScript−21%23
04Python−32%19
05Kubernetes−7%15
06C#−26%12
07Microsoft Azure−41%12
08Windows−7%12
09JavaScript+28%11
10Laravel—9
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Node.js+457%
  • 02PostgreSQL+178%
  • 03JavaScript+28%
  • 04Lovable.dev+21%
Cooling↘
  • 01Next.js−79%
  • 02Google Cloud−77%
  • 03Go−69%
  • 04Make−63%

86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jul 2026)

Role mix · Stockholm vs SEShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
StockholmSE baseline
Data Ml
match
10%
11%
−1 pts0.9×
Design
match
3%
1%
+2 pts3.9×
Engineering
match
77%
81%
−3 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.3×
Marketing
match
5%
4%
+1 pts1.2×
Operations
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.6×
Other
match
0%
0%
+1 pts—
Product
match
1%
0%
+1 pts—