{"slug": "i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for", "title": "I Analyzed 338 Remote Job Listings — Here's What Companies Are Actually Hiring For", "summary": "A developer scraped 338 live remote job listings across five major job boards and found that Python appears in nearly half of all postings, while only 8% mention AI/ML specifically. The analysis also found that 62% of listings offer worldwide remote work and that DevOps/SRE skills such as Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS appear in 23% of listings. The developer released GigWatch, a stdlib-only Python job board watcher that monitors these feeds and alerts users when a match hits their skill profile.", "body_md": "I scraped 338 live remote job listings across 5 major job boards this morning and crunched the numbers. Here's what I found — and it's not what you'd expect.\n\n| # | Company | Jobs | \n|---|---|---|\n| 1 | Various startups (HN) | ~40 | \n| 2 | Remotive featured | ~35 | \n| 3 | WWR featured | ~30 | \n| ... | ... | ... | \n\n*(Full table with all 25 companies in the [interactive report](https://earnnova-dev.github.io/gigwatch/hiring-intel-sept2026.html))*\n\n**Python dominates** — not JavaScript, not Go. Python is in nearly half of all remote listings. If you're a backend dev and haven't touched Python in a year, the market is telling you something.\n\n**\"Worldwide\" > country-specific** — 62% of jobs say \"work from anywhere.\" The era of \"US-only\" or \"EU-only\" is fading for senior roles.\n\n**DevOps/SRE is quietly exploding** — Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS appear in 23% of listings. More than mobile combined.\n\n**AI/ML is real but niche** — only 8% of listings mention AI/ML specifically. Most \"AI\" jobs are actually data engineering with an ML flavor.\n\nI built [GigWatch](https://github.com/earnnova-dev/gigwatch) — a self-hosted job board watcher that monitors these exact feeds and alerts you when a match hits your skill profile. It's stdlib-only Python, MIT licensed, and runs on a $5 VPS.\n\n```\npip install gigwatch-nova\ngigwatch scan --skills python,backend --format html\n```\n\nThe full interactive report with all 338 jobs, company breakdowns, and skill analysis is [here](https://earnnova-dev.github.io/gigwatch/hiring-intel-sept2026.html).\n\n*Want a personalized version filtered to your stack? Email me at [earnnova@tten.no](mailto:earnnova@tten.no) — first 3 are free.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/earnnovadev/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-heres-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for-3e22", "published_at": "2026-09-17 01:09:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 01:53:14.218628+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["GigWatch", "Python", "Kubernetes", "Terraform", "AWS", "Hacker News", "Remotive", "We Work Remotely"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-analyzed-338-remote-job-listings-here-s-what-companies-are-actually-hiring-for.jsonld"}}