Skill ProfileLanguages
V (Vlang)
Tracked since June 2021 · peak 1 mentions in June 2021.
Mentions · May 2026
0
mentions
this month
2-Mo Trend2021-06 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 20261 peak
Share of all jobs
—%
All-time peak
1mentions · June 2021
First seen
June 2021
3-Mo Momentum
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§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 1 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning V (Vlang). Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 2-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for V (Vlang) roles — V (Vlang) 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.
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills
Skills most co-asked for with V (Vlang).
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere V (Vlang) 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
§ 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.