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Java

Tracked since April 2011 · peak 62 mentions in February 2017 · now 0.9% of monthly hiring posts.

Mentions · May 2026-30%vs Apr
7
mentions
this month
181-Mo Trend2011-04 → 2026-05
2 lowMay 202662 peak
Share of all jobs
0.9%
All-time peak
62mentions · February 2017
First seen
April 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Rising+17%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history across 16 years of hiring threads.

Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Java. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00   Hiring Mentions · 181-Mo Window
016334965layoff eraPeak · Feb 2017 · 622011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation

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

Proxy for Java roles — Java 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.

Java-tagged listings · May 2026
$125k — $302k · 6 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 Java.

Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Java stands among languages
May 2026
LanguageMentionsYoYMarket 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
Javayou are here
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 trails on-site / hybrid for Java.

Distribution from Java-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
38.2%
−1.3 ptsvs prev month
Remote
38.2%
On-site / hybrid
61.8%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Geographic Spread
6 regions represented
ACTIVE
US: 34 jobs34Canada: 8 jobs8EU: 8 jobs8LATAM: 8 jobs8UK: 8 jobs8Asia: 1 jobs1
01 US
34posts
02 Canada
8posts
03 EU
8posts
04 LATAM
8posts

67 Java 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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