Skill ProfileLanguages

Objective-C

No mentions of Objective-C in September 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · September 2026-100%vs prior
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
9mentions · March 2013
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-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
388since April 2011 · 186 months
38
'15
58
PEAK
'16
44
'17
37
'18
15
'19
5
'20
14
'21
7
'22
12
'23
0
'24
2
'25
1
'26

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

All-time
388186 mo
↑ Best year
201658
↓ Quietest full year
20240
Latest full year
20252
§ 02Compensation

What Objective-C jobs pay

Compensation

Too few Objective-C posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Objective-C is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Objective-C posts by where the role is based.

No regional breakdown available for Objective-C this month.

Remote Policy

No remote-policy classification available.

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Objective-C

By Seniority
Roles by level

No seniority breakdown available for Objective-C this month.

By Function
Roles by function

No role-function breakdown available for Objective-C this month.

§ 05Technical Skills

Swift is the skill most co-mentioned with Objective-C.

#01
Signature Stack
Objective-C’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Bigtable
135.9×
Swift
46.3×
MacOS
43.9×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Swift5883%
02Go4260%
03iOS3956%
04Google Cloud3550%
05Rust3550%
06Kubernetes3144%
07TypeScript3043%
08C2739%
09C++2637%
10MacOS2637%
11NLP2637%
12Java2333%
13Android2231%
14BigQuery1927%
15Bigtable1927%

% of Objective-C jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Objective-C 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%

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.