Skill ProfileLanguages

Swift

Swift appeared in 2 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.3% of all jobs. Currently #18 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 20260.0%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26

Share of All Jobs

0.3%

All-Time Peak

18mentions · May 2016

First Seen

October 2011

Month Momentum

Flat0.0%

§ 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

763since October 2011 · 182 months

+43% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

113

'16

114

PEAK

'17

104

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

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

All-time

763182 mo

↑ Best year

2017114

↓ Quietest full year

20121

Latest full year

2025+43% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Swift 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

USD160Kmedian

$93k – $200k middle 50% · n=30

By seniority

Junior— n=1

Mid— n=1

Senior$160k – $204k n=17

Staff+— n=2

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

Disclosed

30of 168 posts

Disclosure rate

17.9%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Swift sits in the pay distribution

−10%vs C+6%vs Go

LanguageMedianvs Swift

$200k+11.1%

C++

$200k+11.1%

Rust

$200k+11.1%

Swiftyou are here

$180k—

Kotlin

$178k−1.4%

Python

$173k−4.2%

$170k−5.6%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Swift is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Swift posts by where the role is based.

United States85.7%

United States85.7%6

Canada14.3%

Canada14.3%1

Remote Policy

14%remote

Remote

14.3%

Hybrid

85.7%

On-site

0.0%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Swift

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior85.7%

Senior85.7%6

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering100.0%

Engineering100.0%7

§ 05Technical Skills

iOS is the skill most co-mentioned with Swift.

#01

Signature Stack

Swift’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

SwiftUI

43.9×

Kotlin

24.1×

IoT

16.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01iOS29965%

02Kotlin25054%

03Python23250%

04Android21647%

05Go17939%

06React16837%

07SwiftUI16536%

08TypeScript14632%

09C++13630%

10Google Cloud13128%

11Kubernetes11425%

12JavaScript11024%

13PostgreSQL10823%

14IoT9420%

15UX/UI8318%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Swift stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

54+13%

7.2%

TypeScript

38-17%

5.1%

230.0%

3.1%

Rust

12-25%

1.6%

JavaScript

9-53%

1.2%

Java

70.0%

0.9%

C++

6+50%

0.8%

SQL

6+20%

0.8%

5+25%

0.7%

Ruby

5+25%

0.7%

Swiftyou are here

20.0%

0.3%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

11 posts offer sponsorship

1.5%

Offer sponsorship

111.5%

Explicitly decline

141.9%

Don’t mention

72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.