Skill ProfileLanguages

Rust

Rust appeared in 12 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 1.7% of all jobs. Currently #4 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 20260.0%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26

Share of All Jobs

1.7%

All-Time Peak

25mentions · November 2022

First Seen

March 2014

Month Momentum

Flat0.0%

§ 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

1,038since March 2014 · 150 months

+11% YoY2025 vs 2024

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

164

PEAK

'21

152

'22

'23

113

'24

125

'25

'26

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

All-time

1,038150 mo

↑ Best year

2021164

↓ Quietest full year

20141

Latest full year

2025+11% YoY

§ 02Compensation

What Rust 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

USD176Kmedian

$150k – $200k middle 50% · n=135

By seniority

Junior$120k – $165k n=15

Senior$166k – $200k n=52

Staff+$160k – $225k n=28

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed

135of 820 posts

Disclosure rate

16.5%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Rust sits in the pay distribution

+14%vs Go

LanguageMedianvs Rust

$200k0%

C++

$200k0%

Rustyou are here

$200k—

Swift

$180k−10.0%

Kotlin

$178k−11.3%

$175k−12.5%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Rust is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Rust posts by where the role is based.

United States71.1%

United States71.1%54

Europe (EU)36.8%

Europe (EU)36.8%28

Unspecified13.2%

Unspecified13.2%10

United Kingdom11.8%

United Kingdom11.8%9

Remote Policy

63%remote

Remote

63.2%

Hybrid

32.9%

On-site

3.9%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Rust

By Seniority

Roles by level

Senior39.5%

Senior39.5%30

Principal11.8%

Principal11.8%9

Staff10.5%

Staff10.5%8

Junior2.6%

Junior2.6%2

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering85.5%

Engineering85.5%65

Data / ML3.9%

Data / ML3.9%3

Design2.6%

Design2.6%2

Other2.6%

Other2.6%2

Product2.6%

Product2.6%2

Marketing1.3%

Marketing1.3%1

Sales1.3%

Sales1.3%1

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Rust.

#01

Signature Stack

Rust’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present

C++

3.7×

Terraform

3.1×

GitHub

3.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Python92846%

02TypeScript82141%

03Go53527%

04C++37218%

05React36018%

06PostgreSQL32216%

07Terraform29915%

08AWS29014%

09Kubernetes26113%

10Linux (non-WSL)24212%

11JavaScript20710%

12Android19510%

13iOS19410%

14GitHub1708%

15Machine Learning1708%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Rust stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

48-7.7%

6.7%

TypeScript

41-4.7%

5.7%

20-9.1%

2.8%

Rustyou are here

12-7.7%

1.7%

JavaScript

9-18%

1.3%

SQL

80.0%

1.1%

GraphQL

70.0%

1.0%

Java

60.0%

0.8%

Kotlin

6+100%

0.8%

Ruby

6-14%

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.