Skill ProfileLanguages

Rust

Rust appeared in 12 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 1.6% of all jobs. Currently #4 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-25%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26

Share of All Jobs

1.6%

All-Time Peak

25mentions · November 2022

First Seen

March 2014

Month Momentum

Declining-25%

§ 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

1,026since March 2014 · 149 months

+11% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

164

PEAK

'21

152

'22

'23

113

'24

125

'25

'26

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

All-time

1,026149 mo

↑ Best year

2021164

↓ Quietest full year

20141

Latest full year

2025+11% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Rust 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

$148k – $200k middle 50% · n=134

By seniority

Junior$120k – $165k n=15

Senior$165k – $200k n=52

Staff+$160k – $225k n=25

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

134of 812 posts

Disclosure rate

16.5%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Rust sits in the pay distribution

+16%vs Python

LanguageMedianvs Rust

$200k0%

C++

$200k0%

Rustyou are here

$200k—

Swift

$180k−10.0%

Kotlin

$178k−11.3%

Python

$173k−13.8%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Rust is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Rust posts by where the role is based.

United States82.8%

United States82.8%72

Europe (EU)35.6%

Europe (EU)35.6%31

United Kingdom20.7%

United Kingdom20.7%18

Asia5.7%

Asia5.7%5

Unspecified4.6%

Unspecified4.6%4

Canada2.3%

Canada2.3%2

Remote Policy

52%remote

Remote

51.7%

Hybrid

37.9%

On-site

6.9%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Rust

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior42.5%

Senior42.5%37

Staff9.2%

Staff9.2%8

Junior6.9%

Junior6.9%6

Mid-level6.9%

Mid-level6.9%6

Principal5.7%

Principal5.7%5

Lead2.3%

Lead2.3%2

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering71.3%

Engineering71.3%62

Data / ML10.3%

Data / ML10.3%9

Product5.7%

Product5.7%5

Marketing4.6%

Marketing4.6%4

Design2.3%

Design2.3%2

Other2.3%

Other2.3%2

Sales2.3%

Sales2.3%2

Executive1.1%

Executive1.1%1

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Rust.

#01

Signature Stack

Rust’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

C++

3.6×

GitHub

3.1×

Terraform

3.0×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python88845%

02TypeScript81141%

03Go51226%

04C++35918%

05React35718%

06PostgreSQL32616%

07Terraform29215%

08AWS26813%

09Kubernetes24812%

10Linux (non-WSL)23812%

11JavaScript20810%

12iOS20310%

13Android19310%

14Machine Learning1759%

15GitHub1719%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Rust stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

54+13%

7.2%

TypeScript

38-17%

5.1%

230.0%

3.1%

Rustyou are here

12-25%

1.6%

JavaScript

9-53%

1.2%

Java

70.0%

0.9%

C++

6+50%

0.8%

SQL

6+20%

0.8%

5+25%

0.7%

Ruby

5+25%

0.7%

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.