Singapore SWE Hiring Report

Week 2026-W31 (ISO week starting 2026-07-27, SGT) · jobs.meirong.dev

1. Executive Snapshot

1301
New SWE jobs
-11.0%
WoW change
4902
Active postings
Platform
Hottest role family

2. Hiring Trends

Role families

Platform: 440 · Backend: 420 · Security: 139 · Data: 122 · Fullstack: 86 · AI-ML: 50 · Mobile: 18 · Frontend: 16 · SRE: 10

Seniority

Manager: 438 · Senior: 411 · Mid: 253 · Junior: 108 · Lead: 55 · Staff+: 20 · Intern: 16

Work modes

Onsite: 1301

Company types

Other: 604 · Consulting: 348 · Local Tech: 158 · Startup: 102 · Bank & FinTech: 57 · MNC: 22 · Government: 10

Top 10 hiring companies

CompanyPostings
RECRUIT EXPERT PTE. LTD.42
PERSOL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.33
RECRUIT EXPRESS PTE LTD31
TIKTOK PTE. LTD.28
TALENTSIS PTE. LTD.25
RN CARE PTE. LTD.21
GOOGLE ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.21
JJ CONSULTING SERVICES16
FLINTEX CONSULTING PTE. LTD.15
ANRADUS PTE. LTD.14

3. Tech Trends

Frequency = number of new SWE postings mentioning the technology.

4. Compensation

Monthly salary median (public salaries only): S$7300

Role familyMedian (Monthly)
AI-MLS$7500
BackendS$8000
DataS$7750
FrontendS$9000
FullstackS$7500
MobileS$7650
PlatformS$6500
SRES$10750
SecurityS$6500

5. Demand Signals

MetricValue
Avg views per posting97
Avg applications per posting9.0
Median competition (applications / vacancies)3.0

6. Skills-first

Postings with no experience requirement: 5.1%

7. Insights

Rule-generated from computed numbers (LLM insights arrive with Phase 2 enrichment): This week saw 1301 new SWE postings , down from 1461 last week. The hottest role family was Platform . Median advertised monthly salary was S$7300.

8. Data Quality

SignalValue
Last ingestsuccess · 2026-08-03T11:21:15Z
Last reconcile
Enrich status
Enrich backlog4912
LLM calls / cache hits0 / 0
Unmapped tech terms0
Numbers computed by SQL from public MyCareersFuture data. Methodology: docs/03-data-model.md · Compliance: aggregate stats only, no personal data.