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TypeScript

TypeScript appeared in 30 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 5.6% of all jobs. Currently #2 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026-21%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26

Share of All Jobs

5.6%

All-Time Peak

74mentions · May 2022

First Seen

August 2012

Month Momentum

Declining-21%

§ 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

4,453since August 2012 · 177 months

+22% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

101

'16

164

'17

264

'18

369

'19

463

'20

694

PEAK

'21

609

'22

402

'23

425

'24

519

'25

398

'26

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

All-time

4,453177 mo

↑ Best year

2021694

↓ Quietest full year

20121

Latest full year

2025+22% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What TypeScript 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

USD170Kmedian

$137k – $200k middle 50% · n=586

By seniority

Junior$106k – $170k n=17

Mid— n=6

Senior$143k – $200k n=237

Staff+$160k – $215k n=123

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Mid shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed

586of 2614 posts

Disclosure rate

22.4%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where TypeScript sits in the pay distribution

−6%vs Python+3%vs JavaScript

LanguageMedianvs TypeScript

Python

$180k+5.9%

Swift

$180k+5.9%

$176k+3.5%

TypeScriptyou are here

$170k—

SQL

$169k−0.7%

GraphQL

$168k−1.5%

JavaScript

$165k−2.9%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where TypeScript is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of TypeScript posts by where the role is based.

United States76.4%

United States76.4%81

Europe (EU)15.1%

Europe (EU)15.1%16

Canada13.2%

Canada13.2%14

Unspecified11.3%

Unspecified11.3%12

Australia / NZ8.5%

Australia / NZ8.5%9

United Kingdom0.9%

United Kingdom0.9%1

Remote Policy

44%remote

Remote

44.3%

Hybrid

19.8%

On-site

33.0%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for TypeScript

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior59.4%

Senior59.4%63

Principal6.6%

Principal6.6%7

Staff4.7%

Staff4.7%5

Junior1.9%

Junior1.9%2

Mid-level0.9%

Mid-level0.9%1

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering67.0%

Engineering67.0%71

Data / ML14.2%

Data / ML14.2%15

Product11.3%

Product11.3%12

Other4.7%

Other4.7%5

Design0.9%

Design0.9%1

Executive0.9%

Executive0.9%1

Operations0.9%

Operations0.9%1

§ 05Technical Skills

React is the skill most co-mentioned with TypeScript.

#01

Signature Stack

TypeScript’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

Next.js

3.3×

Node.js

3.0×

React

2.9×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01React3,55963%

02Python2,88251%

03AWS1,68830%

04PostgreSQL1,65929%

05Node.js1,42225%

06Go1,00318%

07Kubernetes99317%

08Rust80014%

09Next.js79414%

10JavaScript75913%

11Google Cloud69212%

12Terraform63311%

13UX/UI54210%

14Java5039%

15Linux (non-WSL)4818%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere TypeScript stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

38+15%

7.1%

TypeScriptyou are here

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.