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Elixir

Elixir appeared in 2 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.3% of all jobs. Currently #15 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026+100%vs prior
2
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.3%
All-Time Peak
14mentions · October 2018
First Seen
January 2014
Month Momentum
Rising+100%
§ 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
689since January 2014 · 149 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
9
'26

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

All-time
689149 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 n=9
Senior n=2
Staff+ n=5

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior & 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 States85.7%
12
02
Europe (EU)14.3%
2
Remote Policy
79%remote
Remote
78.6%
Hybrid
7.1%
On-site
14.3%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Elixir

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Junior28.6%
4
02
Senior28.6%
4
03
Staff21.4%
3
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering71.4%
10
02
Other14.3%
2
03
Data / ML7.1%
1
04
Product7.1%
1
§ 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
68.2×
SwiftUI
23.5×
Swift
14.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01PostgreSQL16652%
02React14344%
03Python11736%
04Kubernetes11536%
05Go10633%
06iOS10533%
07JavaScript10131%
08Google Cloud9830%
09Android9730%
10Phoenix9229%
11GraphQL9028%
12Swift8125%
13Kotlin7925%
14Ruby6620%
15SwiftUI6219%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Elixir stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%
11
Elixiryou are here
2
0.3%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.