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Java

Java appeared in 3 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 0.6% of all jobs. Currently #11 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 20260.0%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

0.6%

All-Time Peak

62mentions · February 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Flat0.0%

§ 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

4,032since April 2011 · 186 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

4,032186 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 – $179k middle 50% · n=104

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

104of 457 posts

Disclosure rate

22.8%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Java sits in the pay distribution

−4%vs GraphQL+32%vs C#

LanguageMedianvs Java

GraphQL

$168k+4.7%

JavaScript

$165k+3.1%

PHP

$163k+1.6%

Javayou are here

$160k—

HTML/CSS

$150k−6.3%

Ruby

$145k−9.4%

$121k−24.2%

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 States59.1%

United States59.1%13

Asia40.9%

Asia40.9%9

Europe (EU)40.9%

Europe (EU)40.9%9

Canada27.3%

Canada27.3%6

Latin America27.3%

Latin America27.3%6

United Kingdom22.7%

United Kingdom22.7%5

Other4.5%

Other4.5%1

Remote Policy

45%remote

Remote

45.5%

Hybrid

31.8%

On-site

18.2%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Java

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior27.3%

Senior27.3%6

Staff22.7%

Staff22.7%5

Intern18.2%

Intern18.2%4

Junior18.2%

Junior18.2%4

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering77.3%

Engineering77.3%17

Data / ML9.1%

Data / ML9.1%2

Executive9.1%

Executive9.1%2

Product4.5%

Product4.5%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

17.7×

CUDA

15.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python69651%

02React53139%

03TypeScript50337%

04JavaScript40930%

05Git36827%

06Linux (non-WSL)36727%

07Jenkins35526%

08CUDA34425%

09Windows34325%

10C++30923%

11AWS24018%

12c++2323818%

13Kubernetes23718%

14Go21516%

15C20715%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Java stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

38+15%

7.1%

TypeScript

30-27%

5.6%

14-6.7%

2.6%

Rust

13+160%

2.4%

GraphQL

8+60%

1.5%

SQL

8+60%

1.5%

JavaScript

7-30%

1.3%

C++

5-17%

0.9%

4-20%

0.7%

HTML/CSS

3-40%

0.6%

Javayou are here

3-40%

0.6%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

14 posts offer sponsorship

2.6%

Offer sponsorship

142.6%

Explicitly decline

234.3%

Don’t mention

50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.