Skill ProfileLanguages
Go

Go appeared in 12 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 2.3% of all jobs. Currently #4 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-40%vs prior
12
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
2.3%
All-Time Peak
59mentions · October 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-40%
§ 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
4,399since April 2011 · 184 months
+11% YoY2025 vs 2024
281
'15
367
'16
582
PEAK
'17
564
'18
423
'19
343
'20
456
'21
322
'22
210
'23
210
'24
234
'25
133
'26

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

All-time
4,399184 mo
↑ Best year
2017582
↓ Quietest full year
201243
Latest full year
2025+11% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Go 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
$124k $190k middle 50% · n=291
By seniority
Junior n=4
Mid n=6
Senior$140k – $186k n=137
Staff+$142k – $206k n=65

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

Disclosed
291of 1344 posts
Disclosure rate
21.6%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Go sits in the pay distribution
−13%vs Rust+4%vs SQL
LanguageMedianvs Go
01$200k+14.3%
02$183k+4.6%
03$180k+2.9%
04
Goyou are here
$175k
05$175k0%
06$170k−2.9%
07$169k−3.6%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Go is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Go posts by where the role is based.

01
United States53.3%
24
02
Unspecified31.1%
14
03
Europe (EU)15.6%
7
04
Canada4.4%
2
05
United Kingdom4.4%
2
Remote Policy
64%remote
Remote
64.4%
Hybrid
15.6%
On-site
13.3%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Go

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior42.2%
19
02
Junior11.1%
5
03
Principal6.7%
3
04
Staff4.4%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering57.8%
26
02
Marketing15.6%
7
03
Data / ML11.1%
5
04
Executive4.4%
2
05
Other4.4%
2
06
Product4.4%
2
07
Sales2.2%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Go.

#01
Signature Stack
Go’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Redis
2.7×
Kubernetes
2.5×
Rust
2.4×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python1,16536%
02TypeScript1,04633%
03React93629%
04Kubernetes69622%
05Rust53317%
06AWS52816%
07PostgreSQL51016%
08Google Cloud42813%
09Terraform33310%
10Android31110%
11C++30510%
12JavaScript2708%
13Node.js2628%
14Linux (non-WSL)2588%
15Redis2498%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Go stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
0318+50%
3.4%
04
Goyou are here
12-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
086-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+100%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.7%
Offer sponsorship
142.7%
Explicitly decline
203.8%
Don’t mention
49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.