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Python

Python appeared in 54 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 7.2% of all jobs. Currently #1 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-5.3%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26

Share of All Jobs

7.2%

All-Time Peak

121mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-5.3%

§ 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

9,644since April 2011 · 182 months

+12% YoY2025 vs 2024

694

'15

760

'16

1,135

PEAK

'17

1,115

'18

944

'19

685

'20

785

'21

611

'22

442

'23

442

'24

497

'25

240

'26

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

All-time

9,644182 mo

↑ Best year

20171,135

↓ Quietest full year

2012281

Latest full year

2025+12% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Python 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

USD168Kmedian

$140k – $200k middle 50% · n=436

By seniority

Junior$160k – $190k n=29

Mid— n=9

Senior$148k – $195k n=149

Staff+$180k – $220k n=75

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

Disclosed

436of 2714 posts

Disclosure rate

16.1%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Python sits in the pay distribution

−14%vs Rust+6%vs GraphQL

LanguageMedianvs Python

Rust

$200k+15.9%

Swift

$180k+4.3%

Kotlin

$178k+2.9%

Pythonyou are here

$173k—

$170k−1.4%

TypeScript

$170k−1.4%

GraphQL

$163k−5.8%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Python is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Python posts by where the role is based.

United States81.9%

United States81.9%163

Europe (EU)20.6%

Europe (EU)20.6%41

United Kingdom16.6%

United Kingdom16.6%33

Canada7.5%

Canada7.5%15

Unspecified4.5%

Unspecified4.5%9

Asia4.0%

Asia4.0%8

Other0.5%

Other0.5%1

Remote Policy

36%remote

Remote

36.2%

Hybrid

36.2%

On-site

24.6%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Python

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior31.7%

Senior31.7%63

Staff18.1%

Staff18.1%36

Junior5.0%

Junior5.0%10

Mid-level5.0%

Mid-level5.0%10

Principal3.5%

Principal3.5%7

Lead1.0%

Lead1.0%2

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering70.4%

Engineering70.4%140

Data / ML15.1%

Data / ML15.1%30

Product4.5%

Product4.5%9

Sales3.0%

Sales3.0%6

Design2.0%

Design2.0%4

Marketing2.0%

Marketing2.0%4

Other1.5%

Other1.5%3

Operations1.0%

Operations1.0%2

Executive0.5%

Executive0.5%1

§ 05Technical Skills

TypeScript is the skill most co-mentioned with Python.

#01

Signature Stack

Python’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Linux (non-WSL)

2.6×

JavaScript

2.5×

C++

2.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01TypeScript2,77943%

02React2,61641%

03AWS1,85629%

04PostgreSQL1,40822%

05Machine Learning1,20719%

06Go1,19819%

07JavaScript1,10617%

08Kubernetes1,07417%

09Rust88814%

10Google Cloud85313%

11C++81413%

12Terraform78612%

13Linux (non-WSL)77112%

14Node.js75612%

15Java71311%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Pythonyou are here

54+13%

7.2%

TypeScript

38-17%

5.1%

230.0%

3.1%

Rust

12-25%

1.6%

JavaScript

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.