City ProfileUtrecht · NL

Utrecht

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

Postings · Aug 2026−25%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 12 high
Rank · NL
#2of 3 NL cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+33 pts vs NL
Share of NL postings
33.3%3 of 12
3-Mo momentum
Falling−25% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Climbed faster than the Netherlands 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
All-time postings
360since 2011 · 185 months
−55% YoY2025 vs 2024
ALL-TIME PEAK
82
'22
11
'23
22
'24
10
'25
10
'26
All-time total
360185 months
↑ Best year
202282
↓ Worst full year
20121
Latest full year
2025−55% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Not enough disclosed pay yet.

Too few Utrecht postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.

Only 1 posting disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Utrecht accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model

21 points less remote-friendly than the Netherlands baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
55%
−21 ptsvs NL · 76%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
55%
Onsite-only
45%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '24
RemoteHybridOnsite
'15
60% rem.
'16
0% rem.
'17
7% rem.
'18
34% rem.
'19
35% rem.
'20
56% rem.
'21
95% rem.
'22
100% rem.
'24
95% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Utrecht vs NL
Utrecht55% remote-friendly
NL average76% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Git tops Utrecht's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 12 Utrecht hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillGit
7mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2558% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Git7
02Kubernetes+188%6
03PostgreSQL−40%5
04Python−54%5
05TypeScript+379%5
06Go+667%4
07Make+53%4
08Terraform−52%4
09UX/UI4
10Figma3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Go+667%
  • 02React+475%
  • 03TypeScript+379%
  • 04Kubernetes+188%
Cooling
  • 01Ansible−89%
  • 02Haskell−88%
  • 03Nix−88%
  • 04Rust−88%

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

Role mix · Utrecht vs NLShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
UtrechtNL baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
6%
17%
−10 pts0.4×
Design
match
4%
1%
+3 pts3.0×
Engineering
over-indexed
85%
62%
+24 pts1.4×
Executive
match
2%
2%
−0 pts0.8×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
2%
0%
+2 pts19.5×
Marketing
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Operations
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Other
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×
Product
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
6%
−6 pts0.0×