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20 Most In-Demand Crypto Jobs in 2025 and How Much They Pay

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The crypto industry is seeing a surge in hiring, spurred by institutional buy-in, the bull market, and favorable regulations. New data from CryptoJobs shows a 60% year-on-year increase in job postings across the crypto sector.

Napoleon IT, a recruitment firm that works with major blockchain clients globally, posted an even bigger jump (65%) in demand for crypto-related talent over the past year.

Job site Glassdoor reports that crypto job listings climbed 118% over the same period. Industry experts say the growth is due to the volume of jobs and the diversity and specialization of roles now in demand.

“The key drivers behind this increase go beyond the usual demands of a typical bull market structure,” Anastasiya Titova, head of HR at Napoleon IT, told Cryptonews.

“There is a broader structural shift in how blockchain technologies are being utilized across various industries, especially in the traditional finance space,” she added.

The total global crypto market capitalization has surged by nearly 60% to $3.3 trillion since the 2021 bull market, according to CoinMarketCap.

The growth is in part thanks to the re-election of self-proclaimed Crypto President Trump, as well as the mainstreaming of Bitcoin via spot exchange-traded funds. As the crypto market expanded, there has been a corresponding increase in job creation.

What’s Fueling the Crypto Jobs Boom?

Unlike the 2021 bull run, it’s not just decentralized finance (DeFi) or non-fungible tokens driving the crypto hiring craze. As Titova explains:

“The rise of Layer 2 ecosystems, zero-knowledge rollups, modular chains, and the integration of L1 technologies into traditional financial systems has opened up a new wave of infrastructure development for the Web3 ecosystem.”

The tokenization of real-world assets and the crossover between AI and blockchain are also driving demand for entirely new skill sets, she added. Institutional adoption is another major catalyst.

“The increased involvement from corporations and sovereign funds is bringing the required liquidity and stable capital inflow into the crypto space, once powered by retail momentum and VC funding,” Titova says.

DeFi’s influence on recruitment appears to have been slowed by “mature governance models and AI-powered automation tools.” Meanwhile, privacy-related tech has also become an important driver of growth.

Brian Gabby is the founder of Brian Simon Associates, a recruiting firm that focuses on public relations and digital marketing in crypto. Speaking to Cryptonews, Gabby said the surge in hiring is driven by growth in four key areas of the crypto ecosystem:

A Shift from Generalists to Specialists

The nature of crypto hiring has changed sharply since 2021. Back then, says Titova, most hiring focused on what she called “generalists”, solidity developers, community managers, and Web3 marketers.

Now, the market is far more specialized. “We are building teams that combine deep technical knowledge with expertise and experience in cryptography, AI, tokenomics, and behavioral UX design,” she explained.

New roles like ZK cryptographers, modular blockchain architects, prompt engineers, and AI agent developers have emerged, reflecting the sector’s “shift from experimentation to operational excellence.” Continuing, Titova said:

“Regulatory pressure is also influencing hiring patterns. There is also rising interest in compliance tech roles, especially for those who can translate regulatory logic into smart contracts or automated flows.”

Gabby, the Brian Simon Associates (BSA) founder, said the current demand for crypto talent is “absolutely stronger” than a few years ago, and hiring is expanding beyond engineering.

While 2021 “focused heavily on development jobs,” he says, “today’s hiring is cross-functional,” with new roles emerging, including technical writers, who prepare white papers and other Web3 documents.

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The 20 Most In-Demand Crypto Jobs in 2025

Here are the 20 most sought-after roles in the crypto industry right now, based on Napoleon IT’s hiring patterns, CryptoJobs data, information provided by Brian Simon Associates, and job site trends.

Titova, the Napoleon IT head of HR, said the structure of remuneration packages has changed drastically in recent times as firms adopt a hybrid model “combining fiat, vested tokens, and performance-based bonuses.”

Salaries for top-tier roles — smart contract engineers, token economists, senior compliance — have also risen 15% to 25% in the past year, according to the BSA’s Gabby.

AI Is Changing How Crypto Hires

One of the biggest shifts in 2025 is using artificial intelligence (AI) in recruitment across the Web3 sector. According to Titova, Napoleon IT uses AI to assess not just the job seeker’s technical skills but also team fit, ability to work in decentralized environments, and adaptability.

She says AI-driven profiling allows the firm to evaluate a developer’s Git history and open-source contributions — a criterion that “goes far beyond what traditional resumes can offer.” Titova detailed:

“The AI-led shift is helping crypto organizations hire more precisely, build better-balanced teams, and spot valuable, undervalued, and emerging talent across the industry.”

Regionally, the U.S. and Europe still dominate crypto hiring, but the market is increasingly global.

“We’ve seen a 30% uptick in hiring outside traditional hubs,” Titova says. “We noticed that global diversity directly improves both product quality, security thinking, and consumer relatability.”

Southeast Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam), Latin America (Argentina, Brazil), Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Southern Africa), and the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia) are emerging as vital talent pools, especially for developers, product managers, and ecosystem builders.

India remains a powerhouse for protocol and security engineering, while Eastern Europe leads in zero-knowledge research.

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