Skill ProfileLanguages
R
Tracked since June 2011 · peak 14 mentions in November 2017 · now 0.1% of monthly hiring posts.
Mentions · May 2026+0%vs Apr
1
mentions
this month
157-Mo Trend2011-06 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202614 peak
Share of all jobs
0.1%
All-time peak
14mentions · November 2017
First seen
June 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Cooling-33%
§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 14 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning R. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 157-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for R roles — R typically appears in engineering and data/ML categories. Per-language percentile data is not published.
Market median · today
USD185K
-15%−$35k since 2011
25th
$144k
75th
$218k
90th
$287k
Approximate band — pipeline does not publish per-language percentiles.
R-tagged listings · May 2026
$133k — $280k · 5 samples
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills
Skills most co-asked for with R.
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere R stands among languages
May 2026LanguageMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%28.4%
02
TypeScript
38-17%20.0%
03
Go
23+0%12.1%
04
Rust
12-25%6.3%
05
JavaScript
9-53%4.7%
06
Java
7+0%3.7%
07
C++
6+50%3.2%
08
SQL
6+20%3.2%
Mentions in HN “Who is hiring?” language listings · May 2026
§ 04Location & Remote
Remote leads R postings.
Distribution from R-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
69.2%
+69.2 ptsvs prev month
Remote
69.2%
On-site / hybrid
30.8%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
Geographic Spread
1 regions represented
ACTIVE
01 US
5posts
5 R jobs with identifiable location · May 2026
§ 05Sponsorship
Visa support stays a minority signal across hiring threads.
Flagged via ‘visa’, ‘sponsorship’, ‘h1b’ in job text. Pipeline does not break sponsorship out by language; figures are for all HN postings in May 2026.
Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don't mention
72096.6%
Based on 745 total HN job posts in May 2026. Most posts do not state their visa policy explicitly.