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Scheme

Scheme appeared in 1 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #23 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
4mentions · August 2015
First Seen
September 2012
Month Momentum
§ 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
85since September 2012 · 176 months
-83% YoY2025 vs 2024
15
PEAK
'15
7
'16
13
'17
7
'18
3
'19
4
'20
4
'21
5
'22
2
'23
6
'24
1
'25
2
'26

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

All-time
85176 mo
↑ Best year
201515
↓ Quietest full year
20121
Latest full year
2025-83% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Scheme 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

Not enough disclosed pay across all Scheme roles to band a single median, but some seniority levels clear the floor below.

By seniority
Staff+ n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
7of 11 posts
Disclosure rate
63.6%
§ 03Footprint

Where Scheme is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Scheme posts by where the role is based.

01
Australia / NZ100.0%
1
Remote Policy
0%remote
Remote
0.0%
Hybrid
100.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Scheme

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Unspecified100.0%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

LinkedIn is the skill most co-mentioned with Scheme.

#01
Signature Stack
Scheme’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Medium
199.5×
LinkedIn
28.7×
Machine Learning
2.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01LinkedIn945%
02Medium945%
03Python420%
04TypeScript420%
05AWS315%
06Machine Learning315%
07C++210%
08React210%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Scheme stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0143-2.3%
10.0%
02380.0%
8.8%
0311-48%
2.6%
0410-29%
2.3%
0510+67%
2.3%
068+60%
1.9%
077+17%
1.6%
086+50%
1.4%
0930.0%
0.7%
103-77%
0.7%
11
Schemeyou are here
1
0.2%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.