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Elixir

Elixir appeared in 1 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #16 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 20260.0%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
14mentions · October 2018
First Seen
January 2014
Month Momentum
Flat0.0%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
696since January 2014 · 153 months
+16% YoY2025 vs 2024
13
'15
49
'16
79
'17
102
'18
92
'19
77
'20
106
PEAK
'21
81
'22
19
'23
25
'24
29
'25
16
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
696153 mo
↑ Best year
2021106
↓ Quietest full year
20148
Latest full year
2025+16% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Elixir jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD165Kmedian
$163k – $165k middle 50% · n=19
By seniority
Junior$165k – $165k n=10
Senior— n=3
Staff+— n=4

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Senior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
19of 141 posts
Disclosure rate
13.5%
§ 03Footprint

Where Elixir is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Elixir posts by where the role is based.

01
United States100.0%
5
Remote Policy
100%remote
Remote
100.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Elixir

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Junior80.0%
4
By Function
Roles by function
01
Other60.0%
3
02
Engineering40.0%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

PostgreSQL is the skill most co-mentioned with Elixir.

#01
Signature Stack
Elixir’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Elixir over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Phoenix
70.1×
SwiftUI
22.4×
Swift
14.9×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01PostgreSQL15851%
02React15450%
03Python12039%
04Go10835%
05JavaScript10634%
06Google Cloud9932%
07Kubernetes9731%
08Phoenix9731%
09iOS9531%
10GraphQL9330%
11Android8728%
12Swift8126%
13Kotlin7926%
14SwiftUI6220%
15Vue.js6120%

% of Elixir jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Elixir stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0138+15%
7.1%
0230-27%
5.6%
0314-6.7%
2.6%
0413+160%
2.4%
058+60%
1.5%
068+60%
1.5%
077-30%
1.3%
085-17%
0.9%
094-20%
0.7%
103-40%
0.6%
11
Elixiryou are here
1-80%
0.2%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.6%
Offer sponsorship
142.6%
Explicitly decline
234.3%
Don’t mention
50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.