Skill ProfileLanguages
R

R appeared in 1 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.1% of all jobs. Currently #22 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 20260.0%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.1%
All-Time Peak
14mentions · November 2017
First Seen
June 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
548since June 2011 · 182 months
+56% YoY2025 vs 2024
66
'15
63
'16
87
PEAK
'17
67
'18
54
'19
22
'20
42
'21
32
'22
15
'23
9
'24
14
'25
4
'26

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

All-time
548182 mo
↑ Best year
201787
↓ Quietest full year
20249
Latest full year
2025+56% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What R 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
USD209Kmedian
$167k – $235k middle 50% · n=13
By seniority
Senior— n=8
Staff+— n=4

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Senior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
13of 85 posts
Disclosure rate
15.3%
§ 03Footprint

Where R is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of R posts by where the role is based.

01
Unspecified61.5%
8
02
United States38.5%
5
Remote Policy
69%remote
Remote
69.2%
Hybrid
30.8%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for R

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior92.3%
12
02
Staff7.7%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering61.5%
8
02
Data / ML23.1%
3
03
Product15.4%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

PHP is the skill most co-mentioned with R.

#01
Signature Stack
R’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Large language model
60.1×
PHP
31.5×
Elixir
6.4×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01PHP8129%
02Python4014%
03React3814%
04C++3513%
05JavaScript3312%
06AWS2911%
07Terraform269%
08Go218%
09Kubernetes197%
10Node.js197%
11Elixir176%
12Windows176%
13Large language model166%
14MySQL155%
15PostgreSQL145%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere R stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%
7.2%
02
TypeScript
38-17%
5.1%
03
Go
230.0%
3.1%
04
Rust
12-25%
1.6%
05
JavaScript
9-53%
1.2%
06
Java
70.0%
0.9%
07
C++
6+50%
0.8%
08
SQL
6+20%
0.8%
09
C
5+25%
0.7%
10
Ruby
5+25%
0.7%
11
Ryou are here
1-67%
0.1%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.