Skill ProfileLanguages
Python
Tracked since April 2011 · peak 121 mentions in October 2017 · now 7.2% of monthly hiring posts.
Mentions · May 2026-5%vs Apr
54
mentions
this month
181-Mo Trend2011-04 → 2026-05
4 lowMay 2026121 peak
Share of all jobs
7.2%
All-time peak
121mentions · October 2017
First seen
April 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Rising+9%
§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 16 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Python. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 181-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for Python roles — Python typically appears in engineering and data/ML categories. Per-language percentile data is not published.
Market median · today
USD185K
-15%−$35k since 2011
25th
$144k
75th
$218k
90th
$287k
Approximate band — pipeline does not publish per-language percentiles.
Python-tagged listings · May 2026
$25k — $302k · 43 samples
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills
TypeScript stays the skill most co-asked for with Python.
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
#01
Signature Stack
Python’s strongest
pairings
pairings
Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Python in May 2026.
Top-lift pairs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)2.4×
- TypeScript2.3×
- React2.1×
Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance.
Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skillsMay 2026
01TypeScript11055%
02React10151%
03Amazon Web Services (AWS)8543%
% of Python jobs also mentioning the skill · May 2026
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages
May 2026LanguageMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Pythonyou are here
54+13%28.4%
02
TypeScript
38-17%20.0%
03
Go
23+0%12.1%
04
Rust
12-25%6.3%
05
JavaScript
9-53%4.7%
06
Java
7+0%3.7%
07
C++
6+50%3.2%
08
SQL
6+20%3.2%
Mentions in HN “Who is hiring?” language listings · May 2026
§ 04Location & Remote
Remote trails on-site / hybrid for Python.
Distribution from Python-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
36.2%
+7.8 ptsvs prev month
Remote
36.2%
On-site / hybrid
63.8%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
Geographic Spread
6 regions represented
ACTIVE
01 US
163posts
02 EU
41posts
03 UK
33posts
04 Canada
15posts
261 Python jobs with identifiable location · May 2026
§ 05Sponsorship
Visa support stays a minority signal across hiring threads.
Flagged via ‘visa’, ‘sponsorship’, ‘h1b’ in job text. Pipeline does not break sponsorship out by language; figures are for all HN postings in May 2026.
Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don't mention
72096.6%
Based on 745 total HN job posts in May 2026. Most posts do not state their visa policy explicitly.
HN Hiring Index · Skills · Updated May 2026