Skill ProfileLanguages

Java

Java appeared in 4 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 0.8% of all jobs. Currently #11 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-33%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendAug '25 → Jul '26

Share of All Jobs

0.8%

All-Time Peak

62mentions · February 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-33%

§ 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

4,026since April 2011 · 184 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

4,026184 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

$150k – $178k middle 50% · n=103

By seniority

Junior— n=3

Senior$156k – $177k n=51

Staff+$160k – $212k n=18

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

Disclosed

103of 475 posts

Disclosure rate

21.7%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Java sits in the pay distribution

−5%vs SQL+7%vs HTML/CSS

LanguageMedianvs Java

SQL

$169k+5.5%

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.

Europe (EU)77.4%

Europe (EU)77.4%24

Latin America29.0%

Latin America29.0%9

United Kingdom29.0%

United Kingdom29.0%9

United States22.6%

United States22.6%7

Remote Policy

58%remote

Remote

58.1%

Hybrid

38.7%

On-site

0.0%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Java

By Seniority

Roles by level

Staff32.3%

Staff32.3%10

Lead29.0%

Lead29.0%9

Senior19.4%

Senior19.4%6

Principal9.7%

Principal9.7%3

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering67.7%

Engineering67.7%21

Data / ML19.4%

Data / ML19.4%6

Operations3.2%

Operations3.2%1

Other3.2%

Other3.2%1

Product3.2%

Product3.2%1

Sales3.2%

Sales3.2%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

18.5×

Jenkins

17.3×

CUDA

14.9×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python71451%

02React53238%

03TypeScript51237%

04JavaScript41030%

05Linux (non-WSL)36726%

06Git36626%

07Jenkins36526%

08Windows34825%

09CUDA34425%

10C++32924%

11Kubernetes24618%

12AWS24518%

13c++2323717%

14Go22216%

15C21215%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Java stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

TypeScript

470.0%

9.0%

Python

40-7.0%

7.6%

Rust

18+50%

3.4%

12-37%

2.3%

C++

9+80%

1.7%

SQL

8+33%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-22%

1.3%

GraphQL

6-14%

1.1%

5-17%

1.0%

Elixir

4+100%

0.8%

Javayou are here

40.0%

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.