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Go

Tracked since April 2011 · peak 59 mentions in October 2017 · now 3.1% of monthly hiring posts.

Mentions · May 2026+10%vs Apr
23
mentions
this month
176-Mo Trend2011-04 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202659 peak
Share of all jobs
3.1%
All-time peak
59mentions · October 2017
First seen
April 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Rising+0%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history across 15 years of hiring threads.

Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Go. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00   Hiring Mentions · 176-Mo Window
015314662layoff eraPeak · Oct 2017 · 592011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation

Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.

Proxy for Go roles — Go 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.

Go-tagged listings · May 2026
$60k — $250k · 24 samples
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
$292k$237k$183k$129k$75k2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills

Skills most co-asked for with Go.

Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Go stands among languages
May 2026
LanguageMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%
28.4%
02
TypeScript
38-17%
20.0%
03
Goyou are here
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

§ 04Location & Remote

Remote leads Go postings.

Distribution from Go-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
52.3%
+1.2 ptsvs prev month
Remote
52.3%
On-site / hybrid
47.7%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Geographic Spread
7 regions represented
ACTIVE
US: 55 jobs55EU: 41 jobs41UK: 12 jobs12Asia: 8 jobs8Australia: 7 jobs7LATAM: 7 jobs7
01 US
55posts
02 EU
41posts
03 UK
12posts
04 Asia
8posts

132 Go jobs with identifiable location · 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.

HN Hiring Index · Skills · Updated May 2026
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