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Fortran

No mentions of Fortran in August 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · August 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
2mentions · April 2019
First Seen
February 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
44since February 2012 · 176 months
-92% YoY2025 vs 2024
1
'15
2
'16
0
'17
2
'18
7
'19
5
'20
0
'21
1
'22
9
'23
12
PEAK
'24
1
'25
0
'26

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

All-time
44176 mo
↑ Best year
202412
↓ Quietest full year
20170
Latest full year
2025-92% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Fortran jobs pay

Compensation

Too few Fortran posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Fortran is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Fortran posts by where the role is based.

No regional breakdown available for Fortran this month.

Remote Policy

No remote-policy classification available.

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Fortran

By Seniority
Roles by level

No seniority breakdown available for Fortran this month.

By Function
Roles by function

No role-function breakdown available for Fortran this month.

§ 05Technical Skills

Ada is the skill most co-mentioned with Fortran.

#01
Signature Stack
Fortran’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Ada
1197.2×
Assembly
216.7×
C#
89.8×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Ada17100%
02Assembly17100%
03C17100%
04C#17100%
05C++17100%
06Java17100%
07JavaScript17100%
08Python17100%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Fortran 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%

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.