Skill ProfileLanguages

Java

Java appeared in 6 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 0.8% of all jobs. Currently #8 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026-14%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26

Share of All Jobs

0.8%

All-Time Peak

62mentions · February 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-14%

§ 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

4,022since April 2011 · 183 months

-33% YoY2025 vs 2024

394

'15

466

'16

561

PEAK

'17

481

'18

350

'19

243

'20

262

'21

202

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

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

All-time

4,022183 mo

↑ Best year

2017561

↓ Quietest full year

202560

Latest full year

2025-33% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Java 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

USD160Kmedian

$149k – $177k middle 50% · n=102

By seniority

Junior— n=3

Senior$159k – $177k n=50

Staff+$160k – $218k n=19

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

Disclosed

102of 479 posts

Disclosure rate

21.3%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Java sits in the pay distribution

−6%vs TypeScript+7%vs HTML/CSS

LanguageMedianvs Java

TypeScript

$170k+6.3%

GraphQL

$165k+3.1%

JavaScript

$163k+1.6%

Javayou are here

$160k—

PHP

$160k0%

Ruby

$160k0%

HTML/CSS

$150k−6.3%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Java is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Java posts by where the role is based.

United States82.4%

United States82.4%28

Asia14.7%

Asia14.7%5

Canada5.9%

Canada5.9%2

Europe (EU)2.9%

Europe (EU)2.9%1

Unspecified2.9%

Unspecified2.9%1

Remote Policy

24%remote

Remote

23.5%

Hybrid

55.9%

On-site

17.6%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Java

By Seniority

Roles by level

Staff44.1%

Staff44.1%15

Senior23.5%

Senior23.5%8

Intern14.7%

Intern14.7%5

Principal11.8%

Principal11.8%4

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering85.3%

Engineering85.3%29

Data / ML5.9%

Data / ML5.9%2

Sales5.9%

Sales5.9%2

Executive2.9%

Executive2.9%1

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Java.

#01

Signature Stack

Java’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

c++23

18.7×

Jenkins

17.6×

CUDA

15.0×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python71652%

02React52038%

03TypeScript51137%

04JavaScript41230%

05Linux (non-WSL)37427%

06Jenkins37327%

07Git36526%

08Windows35326%

09CUDA34425%

10C++33524%

11AWS23917%

12c++2323617%

13Kubernetes23417%

14Go22616%

15C21716%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Java stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

48-7.7%

6.7%

TypeScript

41-4.7%

5.7%

20-9.1%

2.8%

Rust

12-7.7%

1.7%

JavaScript

9-18%

1.3%

SQL

80.0%

1.1%

GraphQL

70.0%

1.0%

Javayou are here

60.0%

0.8%

Kotlin

6+100%

0.8%

Ruby

6-14%

0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

21 posts offer sponsorship

2.9%

Offer sponsorship

212.9%

Explicitly decline

101.4%

Don’t mention

68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.