Skill ProfileLanguages
Zig

No mentions of Zig in July 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · July 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
1mentions · February 2023
First Seen
February 2023
Month Momentum
§ 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
6since February 2023 · 43 months
-67% YoY2025 vs 2024
1
'23
3
PEAK
'24
1
'25
1
'26

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

All-time
643 mo
↑ Best year
20243
↓ Quietest full year
20231
Latest full year
2025-67% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Zig jobs pay

Compensation

Too few Zig posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Zig is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Zig posts by where the role is based.

No regional breakdown available for Zig this month.

Remote Policy

No remote-policy classification available.

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Zig

By Seniority
Roles by level

No seniority breakdown available for Zig this month.

By Function
Roles by function

No role-function breakdown available for Zig this month.

§ 05Technical Skills

C is the skill most co-mentioned with Zig.

#01
Signature Stack
Zig’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Pydantic
237.3×
GitLab
56.4×
Cloudflare
50.6×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01C873%
02Node.js764%
03Python764%
04Rust655%
05GitHub545%
06Cloudflare436%
07FastAPI436%
08GitLab436%
09GraphQL436%
10Next.js436%
11Pydantic436%
12React436%
13TypeScript436%
14UX/UI436%
15Vercel436%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Zig stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
0318+50%
3.4%
0412-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
086-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+100%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.7%
Offer sponsorship
142.7%
Explicitly decline
203.8%
Don’t mention
49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.