Go jobs trend | HN Hiring Index

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Go appeared in 14 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 2.6% of all jobs. Currently #3 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026+27%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

2.6%

All-Time Peak

59mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Rising+27%

§ 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

4,424since April 2011 · 186 months

+11% YoY2025 vs 2024

281

'15

367

'16

582

PEAK

'17

564

'18

423

'19

343

'20

456

'21

322

'22

210

'23

210

'24

234

'25

158

'26

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

All-time

4,424186 mo

↑ Best year

2017582

↓ Quietest full year

201243

Latest full year

2025+11% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Go 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

$123k – $190k middle 50% · n=286

By seniority

Junior— n=3

Mid— n=4

Senior$140k – $189k n=133

Staff+$140k – $208k n=68

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior & Mid shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed

286of 1313 posts

Disclosure rate

21.8%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Go sits in the pay distribution

−4%vs Kotlin+5%vs GraphQL

LanguageMedianvs Go

Kotlin

$183k+4.0%

Python

$180k+2.3%

Swift

$180k+2.3%

Goyou are here

$176k—

TypeScript

$170k−3.4%

SQL

$169k−4.1%

GraphQL

$168k−4.8%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Go is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Go posts by where the role is based.

United States74.5%

United States74.5%35

Europe (EU)29.8%

Europe (EU)29.8%14

Canada25.5%

Canada25.5%12

Unspecified8.5%

Unspecified8.5%4

Asia4.3%

Asia4.3%2

Australia / NZ2.1%

Australia / NZ2.1%1

Other2.1%

Other2.1%1

Remote Policy

64%remote

Remote

63.8%

Hybrid

27.7%

On-site

6.4%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Go

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior51.1%

Senior51.1%24

Lead10.6%

Lead10.6%5

Principal10.6%

Principal10.6%5

Mid-level4.3%

Mid-level4.3%2

Junior2.1%

Junior2.1%1

Staff2.1%

Staff2.1%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering70.2%

Engineering70.2%33

Data / ML14.9%

Data / ML14.9%7

Marketing8.5%

Marketing8.5%4

Other4.3%

Other4.3%2

Sales2.1%

Sales2.1%1

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Go.

#01

Signature Stack

Go’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Redis

2.8×

Rust

2.5×

Kubernetes

2.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python1,09935%

02TypeScript1,00332%

03React88629%

04Kubernetes65721%

05Rust52717%

06AWS51617%

07PostgreSQL49216%

08Google Cloud40813%

09Terraform32310%

10Android31810%

11C++2869%

12JavaScript2628%

13Node.js2628%

14Linux (non-WSL)2548%

15Redis2508%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Go stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

38+15%

7.1%

TypeScript

30-27%

5.6%

Goyou are here

14-6.7%

2.6%

Rust

13+160%

2.4%

GraphQL

8+60%

1.5%

SQL

8+60%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-30%

1.3%

C++

5-17%

0.9%

4-20%

0.7%

HTML/CSS

3-40%

0.6%

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.