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Elixir

Elixir appeared in 1 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #16 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026-75%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
14mentions · October 2018
First Seen
January 2014
Month Momentum
Declining-75%
§ 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
695since January 2014 · 152 months
+16% YoY2025 vs 2024
13
'15
49
'16
79
'17
102
'18
92
'19
77
'20
106
PEAK
'21
81
'22
19
'23
25
'24
29
'25
15
'26

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

All-time
695152 mo
↑ Best year
2021106
↓ Quietest full year
20148
Latest full year
2025+16% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Elixir 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
USD165Kmedian
$163k $174k middle 50% · n=18
By seniority
Junior n=9
Senior n=3
Staff+ n=4

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

Disclosed
18of 140 posts
Disclosure rate
12.9%
§ 03Footprint

Where Elixir is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Elixir posts by where the role is based.

01
Europe (EU)50.0%
4
02
United States50.0%
4
03
Canada37.5%
3
Remote Policy
100%remote
Remote
100.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Elixir

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior87.5%
7
02
Junior12.5%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering75.0%
6
02
Data / ML12.5%
1
03
Product12.5%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

PostgreSQL is the skill most co-mentioned with Elixir.

#01
Signature Stack
Elixir’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Phoenix
69.7×
SwiftUI
22.7×
Swift
15.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01PostgreSQL15851%
02React14948%
03Python11537%
04Go10835%
05Kubernetes10534%
06JavaScript10233%
07Google Cloud9932%
08Phoenix9731%
09iOS9530%
10GraphQL9330%
11Android8728%
12Swift8126%
13Kotlin7925%
14SwiftUI6220%
15Vue.js6120%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Elixir 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
Elixiryou are here
1-50%
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.