Skill ProfileLanguages

JavaScript

JavaScript appeared in 9 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 1.2% of all jobs. Currently #5 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-36%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26

Share of All Jobs

1.2%

All-Time Peak

128mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-36%

§ 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

8,859since April 2011 · 182 months

-26% YoY2025 vs 2024

977

'15

1,032

'16

1,174

PEAK

'17

1,012

'18

706

'19

503

'20

626

'21

409

'22

191

'23

172

'24

128

'25

'26

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

All-time

8,859182 mo

↑ Best year

20171,174

↓ Quietest full year

2025128

Latest full year

2025-26% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What JavaScript 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

USD160Kmedian

$120k – $191k middle 50% · n=159

By seniority

Junior$145k – $165k n=13

Mid— n=3

Senior$131k – $199k n=68

Staff+$158k – $259k n=26

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

Disclosed

159of 802 posts

Disclosure rate

19.8%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where JavaScript sits in the pay distribution

−5%vs TypeScript

LanguageMedianvs JavaScript

TypeScript

$170k+5.4%

GraphQL

$163k+0.8%

SQL

$163k+0.8%

JavaScriptyou are here

$161k—

Java

$160k−0.8%

PHP

$160k−0.8%

Ruby

$160k−0.8%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where JavaScript is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of JavaScript posts by where the role is based.

United States85.4%

United States85.4%41

Europe (EU)27.1%

Europe (EU)27.1%13

United Kingdom25.0%

United Kingdom25.0%12

Australia / NZ14.6%

Australia / NZ14.6%7

Latin America14.6%

Latin America14.6%7

Unspecified10.4%

Unspecified10.4%5

Remote Policy

46%remote

Remote

45.8%

Hybrid

39.6%

On-site

10.4%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for JavaScript

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior33.3%

Senior33.3%16

Junior12.5%

Junior12.5%6

Principal8.3%

Principal8.3%4

Staff6.3%

Staff6.3%3

Mid-level2.1%

Mid-level2.1%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering77.1%

Engineering77.1%37

Operations10.4%

Operations10.4%5

Data / ML4.2%

Data / ML4.2%2

Other4.2%

Other4.2%2

Marketing2.1%

Marketing2.1%1

Sales2.1%

Sales2.1%1

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with JavaScript.

#01

Signature Stack

JavaScript’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Jenkins

8.1×

Git

7.9×

CUDA

7.4×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python1,10660%

02TypeScript76242%

03Java41623%

04Git35019%

05PostgreSQL34719%

06Node.js33418%

07Linux (non-WSL)33218%

08AWS30617%

09Go27015%

10Machine Learning26915%

11Windows25114%

12C++24613%

13Kubernetes23813%

14Jenkins22912%

15CUDA22812%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere JavaScript stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

54+13%

7.2%

TypeScript

38-17%

5.1%

230.0%

3.1%

Rust

12-25%

1.6%

JavaScriptyou are here

9-53%

1.2%

Java

70.0%

0.9%

C++

6+50%

0.8%

SQL

6+20%

0.8%

5+25%

0.7%

Ruby

5+25%

0.7%

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.