The Remote Briefing: July 2026
Data for July 2026. Published 8 September 2026.
The month in Switzerland
Swiss remote supply ended July 2026 at 892 active roles across 178 companies, 393 of them remote-first. That is 6 more than at the start of the month, measured from 31 daily snapshots.
1'261 roles were added and 1'256 were archived during July 2026.
The largest functions were Engineering (265 roles), Other (210) and Product (98).
The most active locations were Zurich (339 roles), Fully remote (174) and Geneva (69).
2.4% of the roles live at the end of July 2026 published a salary. Remotli shows only what the employer disclosed, never an estimate.
The tax, AHV and permanent-establishment rules behind every work-from-anywhere policy. Working remote from abroad on a Swiss contract
Tool of the month
PostFinance
Traditional Swiss bank, low monthly fee, broad ATM network.
About CHF 5/month for the basic account. Cheaper than UBS / CS / Raiffeisen for keeping a Swiss-bank presence — useful when a counterparty insists on a 'real' Swiss bank account (some landlords, some employers). Not your everyday card.
Remo uses this one himself.
Where to work from
Bali
Canggu for the surf-and-laptop archetype, Ubud for jungle and yoga — the two faces of the most photographed nomad island on earth.
- Monthly cost
- CHF 1'600
- Median wifi
- 50 Mbps
- Best months
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Bali resolves into two distinct nomad cities. Canggu is beach, scooters, surf at sunrise, açaí bowls, and a startup-bro density that's either energising or insufferable depending on the week. Ubud is jungle, yoga, slower mornings, more spiritual-adjacent. People split hard on Bali — some love it, others find it too curated — and it depends a lot on what you're there for. It leans hard Instagram-crowd in the popular spots, but you can also enjoy it on its own terms if you sidestep the obvious ones. Both Canggu and Ubud have grown massively in the last five years and both creak under it — Canggu traffic is bad, and "Bali belly" is a recurring background tax on the body. Trade-offs: +7h to Zurich (the hardest timezone gap on this list), Wi-Fi inconsistent outside coworking, and avoid the November–March rainy season.
Hacker Paradise (Powered by Noma)
Noma Collective (acquired Hacker Paradise in early 2025) · Rotating; 2026 destinations include Cape Town, Lisbon, Medellín, Mexico City, Chiang Mai, Bali, Tbilisi, Buenos Aires, plus the Coliving Liddes ski edition in Switzerland
Roughly monthly Editions, year-round. Noma's stated 2025 plan was up to 37 Editions. · Roughly CHF 2,300 to 3,800 for a 4-week Edition, accommodation and coworking included
Post-merger this is the more programmed of the two big rotating brands. You get a 20 to 40 person cohort, accommodation with a private room where possible, a local coworking space, weekly yoga, airport pickup, and a structured social calendar. The age range is genuinely wide (alumni reports from early 20s to mid-70s in past Editions). Lifetime Slack alumni access (1,000-plus members) is the longer-tail value.
Every retreat in the guide · Hacker Paradise (Powered by Noma) website
Questions this issue answers
- How many remote roles were live in Switzerland in July 2026?
- Remotli tracked 892 active remote roles across 178 companies at the end of July 2026. 393 of those were remote-first, meaning fully remote or remote-friendly. That is 6 more than at the start of the month. The figures come from a daily snapshot of the board, not from a survey.
- What share of remote roles disclosed a salary in July 2026?
- 2.4% of the roles live on Remotli at the end of July 2026 published a salary or a salary range. Remotli shows only what the employer disclosed and never estimates or averages in a guess, so the share is a floor, not a survey result.
- Which functions had the most remote roles in July 2026?
- The largest functions on the board at the end of July 2026 were Engineering (265 roles), Other (210) and Product (98). The split is counted from the roles Remotli lists for Switzerland, so it reflects what employers published rather than the whole labour market.
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