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Python appeared in 38 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 7.1% of all jobs. Currently #1 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026-12%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

7.1%

All-Time Peak

121mentions · October 2017

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Declining-12%

§ 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

9,813since April 2011 · 186 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

409

'26

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

All-time

9,813186 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

USD175Kmedian

$145k – $200k middle 50% · n=487

By seniority

Junior$160k – $183k n=32

Mid$120k – $288k n=11

Senior$155k – $200k n=157

Staff+$186k – $221k n=90

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

487of 2712 posts

Disclosure rate

18.0%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Python sits in the pay distribution

−10%vs Rust+6%vs TypeScript

LanguageMedianvs Python

Rust

$200k+11.1%

Solidity

$200k+11.1%

Kotlin

$183k+1.7%

Pythonyou are here

$180k—

Swift

$180k0%

$176k−2.2%

TypeScript

$170k−5.6%

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 States75.6%

United States75.6%99

Europe (EU)17.6%

Europe (EU)17.6%23

Unspecified10.7%

Unspecified10.7%14

Canada8.4%

Canada8.4%11

United Kingdom6.1%

United Kingdom6.1%8

Asia1.5%

Asia1.5%2

Other0.8%

Other0.8%1

Remote Policy

39%remote

Remote

38.9%

Hybrid

32.1%

On-site

22.9%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Python

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior39.7%

Senior39.7%52

Principal9.9%

Principal9.9%13

Junior7.6%

Junior7.6%10

Staff3.8%

Staff3.8%5

Lead3.1%

Lead3.1%4

Mid-level2.3%

Mid-level2.3%3

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering61.1%

Engineering61.1%80

Data / ML21.4%

Data / ML21.4%28

Other6.9%

Other6.9%9

Product4.6%

Product4.6%6

Executive2.3%

Executive2.3%3

Design1.5%

Design1.5%2

Operations1.5%

Operations1.5%2

Marketing0.8%

Marketing0.8%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

01TypeScript2,88246%

02React2,63242%

03AWS1,87130%

04PostgreSQL1,44923%

05Kubernetes1,10317%

06Go1,09917%

07JavaScript1,06417%

08Machine Learning1,05017%

09Rust95115%

10Google Cloud88014%

11C++83913%

12Node.js82913%

13Terraform82313%

14Linux (non-WSL)76612%

15Java69611%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Python stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Pythonyou are here

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%

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.