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Vancouver hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in British Columbia.

Postings · Aug 2026+67%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 35 high
Rank · CA
#4of 5 CA cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of CA postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Rising+67% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the Canada 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
2,697since 2011 · 185 months
−60% YoY2025 vs 2024
166
'22
134
'23
73
'24
29
'25
17
'26
All-time total
2,697185 months
↑ Best year
2021401
↓ Worst full year
202529
Latest full year
2025−60% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Vancouver.

Median bands from the 6 Vancouver postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=4 · need 10
Senior— n=4

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

§ 02Work Model

30 points less remote-friendly than the Canada baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
66%
−30 ptsvs CA · 96%
Remote
24%
Hybrid
41%
Onsite-only
34%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
95% rem.
'12
67% rem.
'13
65% rem.
'14
23% rem.
'15
24% rem.
'16
14% rem.
'17
49% rem.
'18
24% rem.
'19
26% rem.
'20
47% rem.
'21
92% rem.
'22
57% rem.
'23
91% rem.
'24
91% rem.
'25
69% rem.
'26
88% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Vancouver vs CA
Vancouver66% remote-friendly
CA average96% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

UX/UI tops Vancouver's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 32 Vancouver hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillUX/UI
9mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2528% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01UX/UI—9
02PostgreSQL—7
03Python−72%6
04Ruby on Rails—5
05Docker—4
06Go−42%4
07Make−30%4
08Amazon Web Services (AWS)—3
09BigQuery—3
10Google Cloud−48%3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
    Cooling↘
    • 01SQL−78%
    • 02Python−72%
    • 03Google Cloud−48%
    • 04Go−42%

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

    Role mix · Vancouver vs CAShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    VancouverCA baseline
    Data Ml
    over-indexed
    19%
    13%
    +6 pts1.4×
    Design
    match
    4%
    4%
    +0 pts1.1×
    Engineering
    match
    71%
    62%
    +9 pts1.1×
    Executive
    match
    1%
    3%
    −2 pts0.2×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Healthcare
    match
    0%
    0%
    0 pts0.0×
    Legal Compliance
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    2%
    4%
    −1 pts0.7×
    Operations
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    4%
    −4 pts0.0×
    Product
    match
    3%
    6%
    −3 pts0.5×
    Sales
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×