City ProfileSydney · New South Wales · AU
Sydney
Sydney hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in New South Wales.
Postings · Jun 2026−50%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 00.6667 high
Rank · AU
#1of 3 AU cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs AU
Share of AU postings
33.3%1 of 1
3-Mo momentum
Falling−50% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the Australia baseline since the 2023 trough.
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
§ 01Compensation
Compensation by seniority.
Median bands from the 4 Sydney postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
17 points less remote-friendly than the Australia baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'13100% rem.
'1423% rem.
'1543% rem.
'1645% rem.
'1731% rem.
'1837% rem.
'1945% rem.
'2056% rem.
'2195% rem.
'2292% rem.
'2386% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Sydney vs AU
Sydney60% remote-friendly
AU average77% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
React tops Sydney's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 5 Sydney hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
60% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)
Role mix · Sydney vs AUShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
SydneyAU baseline