Nomaders Research · Findings as at 2026-10-09 · Produced automatically from job data by Nomaders; not reviewed by a person
Remote jobs open to people in Portugal: what the adverts say
The short answer
On 2026-10-09, 396 open jobs tracked by Nomaders, from 82 employers, named Portugal as a place you can work from. The largest group is region restricted (61%). Separately, 181 roles say you can work from any country, and 689 name a wider region such as Europe without naming Portugal. Those two groups are not in the confirmed count.
Three groups, counted separately
| Group | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Advert names Portugal Confirmed geography. Includes hybrid and office-linked roles. | 396 |
| Advert says any country Geographically compatible; other conditions may still apply. | 181 |
| Advert names a wider region only Provisional. Europe-wide wording may or may not include Portugal. | 689 |
Portugal only, or alongside other countries
161 of the confirmed roles (41%) name Portugal as the only allowed country. The rest also name other countries, most often Spain (171), United Kingdom (150), Germany (125).
A role listing several countries usually means the employer can hire in each of them, not that you may move between them.
What kind of remote
- Region Restricted: 243 (61%)
- Work from home: 114 (29%)
- Hybrid: 39 (10%)
Roles, seniority and employers
| Software | 149 |
| Marketing | 40 |
| Other | 35 |
| Data | 32 |
| Sales | 29 |
| Operations | 27 |
| Product | 27 |
| Customer Support | 19 |
| Finance | 18 |
| Design | 14 |
| Tether Operations Limited | 19 |
| n8n | 17 |
| Sword | 16 |
| Moniepoint | 14 |
| Yuno | 13 |
| TechBiz Global GmbH | 13 |
| ElevenLabs | 12 |
| Atlean World | 12 |
| Pleo | 11 |
| Teya | 11 |
Seniority: Mid 44%, Senior 33%, Lead 19%, Entry 4%.
Pay and other requirements
62 of the 396 confirmed roles (16%) state pay.
Too few yearly figures in any one currency to give a reliable median.
9 confirmed roles (2%) say Portuguese fluency or native level is needed or wanted.
We no longer report how many adverts mention working hours or time zones. A check of the matched sentences on 9 October 2026 found most matches were incidental (for example "teams across time zones" or "flexible working hours"), so the figure was not reliable.
What this means if you live in Portugal
- Start with the roles that name Portugal; they are the only ones where the employer has said so.
- A matching location is not full eligibility. Right to work, employment set-up, tax and other conditions may still apply.
- A remote job based in Portugal does not mean you may relocate or work from abroad. Ask before assuming.
- For region-only roles, ask the employer whether they can hire in Portugal before you apply.
Examples of confirmed roles (most recently checked)
- HR Operations Specialist - German Speaking, WorkMotion
- Senior Backend Developer (Services), payabl.
- Senior Backend Python Engineer (APM Gateway), payabl.
- Médico(a) MGF | Telemedicina (Contrato de Trabalho), knok
- Software Developer, payabl.
Browse the Portugal jobs used in these figures
Method and limitations
- Sample: open, de-duplicated jobs Nomaders tracks on the snapshot date. Not the whole job market, and a new source can change totals.
- Confirmed means Portugal is recorded as an allowed country for the role, based on the advert and the listing's location field.
- Region-only roles are never added to the confirmed count. The UK is never assumed to be inside an EU-only role, and neither the US nor Canada is assumed from North America-wide wording.
- Language figures come from simple text matching and may miss or over-count unusual wording.
- Figures are recalculated hourly; earlier days are not stored for this report yet, so no trend is claimed.
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