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Python appeared in 40 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 7.6% of all jobs. Currently #2 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-17%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendAug '25 → Jul '26

Share of All Jobs

7.6%

All-Time Peak

121mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-17%

§ 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

9,732since April 2011 · 184 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

328

'26

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

All-time

9,732184 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

$145k – $200k middle 50% · n=464

By seniority

Junior$160k – $188k n=30

Mid$120k – $800k n=10

Senior$150k – $197k n=156

Staff+$180k – $218k n=84

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

464of 2735 posts

Disclosure rate

17.0%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Python sits in the pay distribution

−4%vs Kotlin+6%vs GraphQL

LanguageMedianvs Python

Kotlin

$183k+4.6%

Swift

$180k+2.9%

$175k0%

Pythonyou are here

$175k—

TypeScript

$170k−2.9%

SQL

$169k−3.6%

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 States58.1%

United States58.1%54

Europe (EU)26.9%

Europe (EU)26.9%25

United Kingdom9.7%

United Kingdom9.7%9

Unspecified9.7%

Unspecified9.7%9

Canada7.5%

Canada7.5%7

Latin America1.1%

Latin America1.1%1

Remote Policy

37%remote

Remote

36.6%

Hybrid

41.9%

On-site

20.4%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Python

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior44.1%

Senior44.1%41

Lead10.8%

Lead10.8%10

Junior7.5%

Junior7.5%7

Principal4.3%

Principal4.3%4

Staff4.3%

Staff4.3%4

Mid-level1.1%

Mid-level1.1%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering64.5%

Engineering64.5%60

Data / ML22.6%

Data / ML22.6%21

Product3.2%

Product3.2%3

Design2.2%

Design2.2%2

Executive2.2%

Executive2.2%2

Operations2.2%

Operations2.2%2

Other2.2%

Other2.2%2

Marketing1.1%

Marketing1.1%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

01TypeScript2,89845%

02React2,67342%

03AWS1,90330%

04PostgreSQL1,43322%

05Go1,16518%

06Machine Learning1,13518%

07Kubernetes1,09317%

08JavaScript1,08817%

09Rust93915%

10Google Cloud89414%

11C++84513%

12Node.js80813%

13Terraform80513%

14Linux (non-WSL)77912%

15Java71411%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

TypeScript

470.0%

9.0%

Pythonyou are here

40-7.0%

7.6%

Rust

18+50%

3.4%

12-37%

2.3%

C++

9+80%

1.7%

SQL

8+33%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-22%

1.3%

GraphQL

6-14%

1.1%

5-17%

1.0%

Elixir

4+100%

0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

14 posts offer sponsorship

2.7%

Offer sponsorship

142.7%

Explicitly decline

203.8%

Don’t mention

49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.