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Nix

No mentions of Nix in May 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · May 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
4mentions · October 2016
First Seen
May 2011
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
142since May 2011 · 182 months
+350% YoY2025 vs 2024
15
'15
19
PEAK
'16
12
'17
6
'18
6
'19
1
'20
8
'21
8
'22
3
'23
4
'24
18
'25
2
'26

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

All-time
142182 mo
↑ Best year
201619
↓ Quietest full year
20201
Latest full year
2025+350% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Nix 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
USD181Kmedian
$150k $188k middle 50% · n=12
By seniority
Junior n=1
Senior n=5

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

Disclosed
12of 78 posts
Disclosure rate
15.4%
§ 03Footprint

Where Nix is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Nix posts by where the role is based.

01
Unspecified100.0%
2
Remote Policy
100%remote
Remote
100.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Nix

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Junior100.0%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

TypeScript is the skill most co-mentioned with Nix.

#01
Signature Stack
Nix’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Jira
89.9×
Git
14.4×
SQL
13.4×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01TypeScript13978%
02PostgreSQL13777%
03Python12470%
04Rust11967%
05Linux (non-WSL)9654%
06JavaScript7039%
07Machine Learning6436%
08React6436%
09Git6235%
10SQL6034%
11Android5933%
12Jira5933%
13iOS5933%
14Go5732%
15Redis4928%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Nix stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.