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Rust

Rust appeared in 18 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 3.4% of all jobs. Currently #3 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026+50%vs prior
18
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
3.4%
All-Time Peak
25mentions · November 2022
First Seen
March 2014
Month Momentum
Rising+50%
§ 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
1,056since March 2014 · 151 months
+11% YoY2025 vs 2024
4
'15
14
'16
55
'17
70
'18
81
'19
95
'20
164
PEAK
'21
152
'22
95
'23
113
'24
125
'25
87
'26

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

All-time
1,056151 mo
↑ Best year
2021164
↓ Quietest full year
20141
Latest full year
2025+11% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Rust 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
USD177Kmedian
$150k $200k middle 50% · n=140
By seniority
Junior$121k – $165k n=16
Senior$170k – $200k n=51
Staff+$160k – $223k n=29

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed
140of 831 posts
Disclosure rate
16.9%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Rust sits in the pay distribution
+14%vs Go
LanguageMedianvs Rust
01$200k0%
02$200k0%
03
Rustyou are here
$200k
04$183k−8.5%
05$180k−10.0%
06$175k−12.5%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Rust is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Rust posts by where the role is based.

01
United States63.4%
26
02
Europe (EU)29.3%
12
03
Unspecified14.6%
6
04
United Kingdom4.9%
2
Remote Policy
61%remote
Remote
61.0%
Hybrid
19.5%
On-site
14.6%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Rust

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior48.8%
20
02
Junior9.8%
4
03
Principal9.8%
4
04
Mid-level2.4%
1
05
Staff2.4%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering87.8%
36
02
Marketing4.9%
2
03
Product4.9%
2
04
Data / ML2.4%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Rust.

#01
Signature Stack
Rust’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
C++
3.7×
GitHub
3.1×
Terraform
3.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python93946%
02TypeScript81840%
03Go53326%
04C++37719%
05React36018%
06PostgreSQL31516%
07Terraform30015%
08AWS28914%
09Kubernetes25513%
10Linux (non-WSL)23712%
11JavaScript21010%
12Android19610%
13iOS19310%
14GitHub1728%
15Machine Learning1688%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Rust stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
03
Rustyou are here
18+50%
3.4%
0412-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
086-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+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.