I Analyzed 338 Remote Job Listings — Here's What Companies Are Actually Hiring For

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.

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. | | Company | Jobs | |---|---|---| | 1 | Various startups HN | ~40 | | 2 | Remotive featured | ~35 | | 3 | WWR featured | ~30 | | ... | ... | ... | Full table with all 25 companies in the interactive report https://earnnova-dev.github.io/gigwatch/hiring-intel-sept2026.html 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. "Worldwide" country-specific — 62% of jobs say "work from anywhere." The era of "US-only" or "EU-only" is fading for senior roles. DevOps/SRE is quietly exploding — Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS appear in 23% of listings. More than mobile combined. 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. I 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. pip install gigwatch-nova gigwatch scan --skills python,backend --format html The full interactive report with all 338 jobs, company breakdowns, and skill analysis is here https://earnnova-dev.github.io/gigwatch/hiring-intel-sept2026.html . Want a personalized version filtered to your stack? Email me at earnnova@tten.no mailto:earnnova@tten.no — first 3 are free.