Skill ProfileLanguages
Go

Go appeared in 23 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 3.1% of all jobs. Currently #3 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026+9.5%vs prior
23
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
3.1%
All-Time Peak
59mentions · October 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Rising+9.5%
§ 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
4,367since April 2011 · 182 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
101
'26

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

All-time
4,367182 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
$121k $190k middle 50% · n=285
By seniority
Junior n=2
Mid n=6
Senior$140k – $185k n=135
Staff+$138k – $211k n=63

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

Disclosed
285of 1352 posts
Disclosure rate
21.1%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Go sits in the pay distribution
−6%vs Swift+5%vs GraphQL
LanguageMedianvs Go
01$180k+5.9%
02$178k+4.4%
03$173k+1.5%
04
Goyou are here
$170k
05$170k0%
06$163k−4.4%
07$163k−4.4%

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 States62.5%
55
02
Europe (EU)46.6%
41
03
Unspecified19.3%
17
04
United Kingdom13.6%
12
05
Asia9.1%
8
06
Australia / NZ8.0%
7
07
Other10.2%
9
Remote Policy
52%remote
Remote
52.3%
Hybrid
36.4%
On-site
8.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Go

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior50.0%
44
02
Staff14.8%
13
03
Principal8.0%
7
04
Mid-level6.8%
6
05
Junior2.3%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering73.9%
65
02
Data / ML10.2%
9
03
Marketing6.8%
6
04
Executive3.4%
3
05
Product2.3%
2
06
Sales2.3%
2
07
Legal & Compliance1.1%
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
2.9×
Kubernetes
2.6×
Google Cloud
2.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python1,19837%
02TypeScript1,04432%
03React96030%
04Kubernetes72522%
05PostgreSQL54417%
06AWS52916%
07Rust51216%
08Google Cloud43513%
09Terraform35111%
10Android32010%
11C++3089%
12Redis2829%
13JavaScript2708%
14Node.js2638%
15Linux (non-WSL)2588%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Go stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03
Goyou are here
230.0%
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%

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.