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Rust

Rust appeared in 13 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 2.4% of all jobs. Currently #4 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026+30%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

2.4%

All-Time Peak

25mentions · November 2022

First Seen

March 2014

Month Momentum

Rising+30%

§ 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

1,079since March 2014 · 153 months

+11% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

164

PEAK

'21

152

'22

'23

113

'24

125

'25

110

'26

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

All-time

1,079153 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

USD179Kmedian

$150k – $200k middle 50% · n=146

By seniority

Junior$123k – $165k n=17

Senior$175k – $200k n=51

Staff+$163k – $224k n=32

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

146of 835 posts

Disclosure rate

17.5%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Rust sits in the pay distribution

+11%vs Python

LanguageMedianvs Rust

$200k0%

C++

$200k0%

Rustyou are here

$200k—

Solidity

$200k0%

Kotlin

$183k−8.5%

Python

$180k−10.0%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Rust is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Rust posts by where the role is based.

United States56.1%

United States56.1%23

Europe (EU)19.5%

Europe (EU)19.5%8

United Kingdom12.2%

United Kingdom12.2%5

Unspecified12.2%

Unspecified12.2%5

Asia4.9%

Asia4.9%2

Remote Policy

56%remote

Remote

56.1%

Hybrid

34.1%

On-site

7.3%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Rust

By Seniority

Roles by level

Principal22.0%

Principal22.0%9

Senior22.0%

Senior22.0%9

Junior9.8%

Junior9.8%4

Mid-level4.9%

Mid-level4.9%2

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering75.6%

Engineering75.6%31

Other9.8%

Other9.8%4

Marketing4.9%

Marketing4.9%2

Data / ML2.4%

Data / ML2.4%1

Design2.4%

Design2.4%1

Executive2.4%

Executive2.4%1

Operations2.4%

Operations2.4%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++

3.9×

Terraform

3.1×

GitHub

3.0×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python95147%

02TypeScript80040%

03Go52726%

04C++38819%

05React34817%

06PostgreSQL30415%

07Terraform30415%

08AWS28614%

09Kubernetes24312%

10Linux (non-WSL)23312%

11JavaScript21511%

12Android1899%

13iOS1869%

14GitHub1739%

15C1548%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Rust stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

38+15%

7.1%

TypeScript

30-27%

5.6%

14-6.7%

2.6%

Rustyou are here

13+160%

2.4%

GraphQL

8+60%

1.5%

SQL

8+60%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-30%

1.3%

C++

5-17%

0.9%

4-20%

0.7%

HTML/CSS

3-40%

0.6%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

14 posts offer sponsorship

2.6%

Offer sponsorship

142.6%

Explicitly decline

234.3%

Don’t mention

50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.