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Zig

Zig appeared in 1 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.1% of all jobs. Currently #23 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.1%
All-Time Peak
1mentions · February 2023
First Seen
February 2023
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
6since February 2023 · 41 months
-67% YoY2025 vs 2024
1
'23
3
PEAK
'24
1
'25
1
'26

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

All-time
641 mo
↑ Best year
20243
↓ Quietest full year
20231
Latest full year
2025-67% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Zig 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 Zig 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
1of 7 posts
Disclosure rate
14.3%
§ 03Footprint

Where Zig is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Zig posts by where the role is based.

01
Unspecified100.0%
1
Remote Policy
100%remote
Remote
100.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Zig

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior100.0%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

C is the skill most co-mentioned with Zig.

#01
Signature Stack
Zig’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Pydantic
238.8×
GitLab
56.8×
Cloudflare
52.9×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01C873%
02Node.js764%
03Python764%
04Rust655%
05GitHub545%
06Cloudflare436%
07FastAPI436%
08GitLab436%
09GraphQL436%
10Next.js436%
11Pydantic436%
12React436%
13TypeScript436%
14UX/UI436%
15Vercel436%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Zig stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%
11
Zigyou are here
1
0.1%

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.