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Zurich

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

Postings · Jun 2026+200%3-mo momentum
10
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
1.3333 low3-mo avg · 47 high
Rank · CH
#1of 2 CH cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs CH
Share of CH postings
100.0%10 of 16
3-Mo momentum
Rising+200% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Rising in step with the Switzerland 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
1,333since 2011 · 183 months
+16% YoY2025 vs 2024
88
'22
21
'23
31
'24
36
'25
28
'26
All-time total
1,333183 months
↑ Best year
2017260
↓ Worst full year
20122
Latest full year
2025+16% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Zurich.

Median bands from the 14 Zurich postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=8 · need 10
Senior— n=8

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

§ 02Work Model

14 points less remote-friendly than the Switzerland baseline.

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

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
63%
−14 ptsvs CH · 77%
Remote
19%
Hybrid
44%
Onsite-only
37%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
100% rem.
'15
22% rem.
'16
50% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
47% rem.
'19
56% rem.
'20
80% rem.
'21
92% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
83% rem.
'24
71% rem.
'25
37% rem.
'26
93% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Zurich vs CH
Zurich63% remote-friendly
CH average77% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 53 Zurich hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillGit
10mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2519% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Git—10
02Linux (non-WSL)—10
03Amazon Web Services (AWS)+58%8
04PostgreSQL—8
05Python+217%8
06TypeScript+58%8
07React−31%7
08Arch—2
09Go—2
10Terraform—2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Python+217%
  • 02Amazon Web Services (AWS)+58%
  • 03TypeScript+58%
Cooling↘
  • 01Make−87%
  • 02CI/CD−80%
  • 03JavaScript−80%
  • 04Kubernetes−80%

47% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Zurich vs CHShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
ZurichCH baseline
Data Ml
match
24%
21%
+3 pts1.1×
Design
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.8×
Engineering
match
58%
65%
−7 pts0.9×
Executive
match
3%
2%
+1 pts1.5×
Marketing
match
2%
1%
+1 pts1.5×
Other
over-indexed
11%
7%
+4 pts1.5×
Product
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.5×
Sales
match
1%
1%
+0 pts1.5×