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Python

Python appeared in 48 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 6.7% of all jobs. Currently #1 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026-11%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26

Share of All Jobs

6.7%

All-Time Peak

121mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-11%

§ 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

9,692since April 2011 · 183 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

288

'26

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

All-time

9,692183 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

USD170Kmedian

$143k – $200k middle 50% · n=456

By seniority

Junior$160k – $190k n=29

Mid$120k – $800k n=10

Senior$150k – $195k n=154

Staff+$179k – $214k n=82

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

456of 2737 posts

Disclosure rate

16.7%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Python sits in the pay distribution

−3%vs Swift+6%vs GraphQL

LanguageMedianvs Python

Swift

$180k+2.9%

Kotlin

$178k+1.4%

$175k0%

Pythonyou are here

$175k—

SQL

$170k−2.9%

TypeScript

$170k−2.9%

GraphQL

$165k−5.7%

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 States78.7%

United States78.7%174

Europe (EU)21.7%

Europe (EU)21.7%48

United Kingdom14.9%

United Kingdom14.9%33

Canada6.8%

Canada6.8%15

Unspecified6.3%

Unspecified6.3%14

Latin America5.0%

Latin America5.0%11

Other2.3%

Other2.3%5

Remote Policy

37%remote

Remote

36.7%

Hybrid

29.0%

On-site

31.7%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Python

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior38.9%

Senior38.9%86

Staff12.2%

Staff12.2%27

Principal4.5%

Principal4.5%10

Intern2.3%

Intern2.3%5

Junior2.3%

Junior2.3%5

Mid-level1.8%

Mid-level1.8%4

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering71.0%

Engineering71.0%157

Data / ML14.5%

Data / ML14.5%32

Product4.1%

Product4.1%9

Sales3.6%

Sales3.6%8

Executive2.3%

Executive2.3%5

Design1.8%

Design1.8%4

Marketing1.4%

Marketing1.4%3

Other0.9%

Other0.9%2

Operations0.5%

Operations0.5%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×

C++

2.5×

JavaScript

2.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01TypeScript2,88845%

02React2,68441%

03AWS1,90229%

04PostgreSQL1,44122%

05Machine Learning1,18318%

06Go1,17618%

07JavaScript1,08817%

08Kubernetes1,08817%

09Rust92814%

10Google Cloud88814%

11C++84113%

12Terraform79912%

13Node.js79412%

14Linux (non-WSL)78612%

15Java71611%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Pythonyou are here

48-7.7%

6.7%

TypeScript

41-4.7%

5.7%

20-9.1%

2.8%

Rust

12-7.7%

1.7%

JavaScript

9-18%

1.3%

SQL

80.0%

1.1%

GraphQL

70.0%

1.0%

Java

60.0%

0.8%

Kotlin

6+100%

0.8%

Ruby

6-14%

0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

21 posts offer sponsorship

2.9%

Offer sponsorship

212.9%

Explicitly decline

101.4%

Don’t mention

68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.