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Python appeared in 43 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 10.0% of all jobs. Currently #1 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026+7.5%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendSep '25 → Aug '26

Share of All Jobs

10.0%

All-Time Peak

121mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Rising+7.5%

§ 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

9,775since April 2011 · 185 months

+12% YoY2025 vs 2024

694

'15

760

'16

1,135

PEAK

'17

1,115

'18

944

'19

685

'20

785

'21

611

'22

442

'23

442

'24

497

'25

371

'26

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

All-time

9,775185 mo

↑ Best year

20171,135

↓ Quietest full year

2012281

Latest full year

2025+12% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Python 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

USD173Kmedian

$145k – $200k middle 50% · n=472

By seniority

Junior$160k – $188k n=30

Mid$120k – $401k n=11

Senior$150k – $200k n=154

Staff+$185k – $220k n=87

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

472of 2712 posts

Disclosure rate

17.4%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Python sits in the pay distribution

−12%vs Solidity+5%vs SQL

LanguageMedianvs Python

Solidity

$200k+14.0%

Kotlin

$183k+4.3%

Swift

$180k+2.6%

Pythonyou are here

$176k—

$175k−0.3%

TypeScript

$170k−3.1%

SQL

$168k−4.6%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Python is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Python posts by where the role is based.

United States74.3%

United States74.3%81

Europe (EU)13.8%

Europe (EU)13.8%15

Canada11.0%

Canada11.0%12

Unspecified9.2%

Unspecified9.2%10

Asia4.6%

Asia4.6%5

United Kingdom4.6%

United Kingdom4.6%5

Other0.9%

Other0.9%1

Remote Policy

37%remote

Remote

36.7%

Hybrid

32.1%

On-site

30.3%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Python

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior31.2%

Senior31.2%34

Staff23.9%

Staff23.9%26

Mid-level4.6%

Mid-level4.6%5

Principal2.8%

Principal2.8%3

Junior1.8%

Junior1.8%2

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering59.6%

Engineering59.6%65

Data / ML25.7%

Data / ML25.7%28

Product6.4%

Product6.4%7

Design2.8%

Design2.8%3

Other1.8%

Other1.8%2

Executive0.9%

Executive0.9%1

Marketing0.9%

Marketing0.9%1

Operations0.9%

Operations0.9%1

Sales0.9%

Sales0.9%1

§ 05Technical Skills

TypeScript is the skill most co-mentioned with Python.

#01

Signature Stack

Python’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Linux (non-WSL)

2.6×

Terraform

2.5×

C++

2.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01TypeScript2,89946%

02React2,65442%

03AWS1,89030%

04PostgreSQL1,44223%

05Go1,12918%

06Kubernetes1,09617%

07Machine Learning1,09617%

08JavaScript1,07917%

09Rust94415%

10Google Cloud88714%

11C++84213%

12Node.js81613%

13Terraform81513%

14Linux (non-WSL)77112%

15Java70211%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Pythonyou are here

43-2.3%

10.0%

TypeScript

380.0%

8.8%

11-48%

2.6%

Rust

10-29%

2.3%

SQL

10+67%

2.3%

C++

8+60%

1.9%

7+17%

1.6%

GraphQL

6+50%

1.4%

Java

30.0%

0.7%

JavaScript

3-77%

0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

12 posts offer sponsorship

2.8%

Offer sponsorship

122.8%

Explicitly decline

81.9%

Don’t mention

41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.