Skill ProfileLanguages
R

No mentions of R in June 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · June 2026-100%vs prior
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJul '25 Jun '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
14mentions · November 2017
First Seen
June 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-100%
§ 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
548since June 2011 · 183 months
+56% YoY2025 vs 2024
66
'15
63
'16
87
PEAK
'17
67
'18
54
'19
22
'20
42
'21
32
'22
15
'23
9
'24
14
'25
4
'26

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

All-time
548183 mo
↑ Best year
201787
↓ Quietest full year
20249
Latest full year
2025+56% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What R 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
USD209Kmedian
$167k $235k middle 50% · n=13
By seniority
Senior n=8
Staff+ n=4

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

Disclosed
13of 85 posts
Disclosure rate
15.3%
§ 03Footprint

Where R is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of R posts by where the role is based.

01
Unspecified100.0%
13
Remote Policy
100%remote
Remote
100.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for R

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior100.0%
13
By Function
Roles by function
01
Data / ML46.2%
6
02
Engineering23.1%
3
03
Other15.4%
2
04
Product15.4%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

PHP is the skill most co-mentioned with R.

#01
Signature Stack
R’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Large language model
57.8×
PHP
29.9×
Elixir
6.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01PHP8129%
02React5118%
03C++3512%
04Python3512%
05JavaScript3312%
06Node.js3211%
07AWS2910%
08React Native2710%
09Terraform269%
10Kubernetes197%
11Elixir176%
12Windows176%
13Go166%
14Large language model166%
15MySQL155%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere R stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0148-7.7%
6.7%
0241-4.7%
5.7%
0320-9.1%
2.8%
0412-7.7%
1.7%
059-18%
1.3%
0680.0%
1.1%
0770.0%
1.0%
0860.0%
0.8%
096+100%
0.8%
106-14%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
2.9%
Offer sponsorship
212.9%
Explicitly decline
101.4%
Don’t mention
68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.