Skill ProfileLanguages
Rust
Tracked since March 2014 · peak 25 mentions in November 2022 · now 1.6% of monthly hiring posts.
Mentions · May 2026-25%vs Apr
12
mentions
this month
125-Mo Trend2014-03 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202625 peak
Share of all jobs
1.6%
All-time peak
25mentions · November 2022
First seen
March 2014
3-Mo Momentum
Cooling-6%
§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 11 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Rust. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 125-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for Rust roles — Rust 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.
Rust-tagged listings · May 2026
$100k — $260k · 18 samples
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills
Skills most co-asked for with Rust.
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Rust stands among languages
May 2026LanguageMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%28.4%
02
TypeScript
38-17%20.0%
03
Go
23+0%12.1%
04
Rustyou are here
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 Rust postings.
Distribution from Rust-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
51.7%
−12.8 ptsvs prev month
Remote
51.7%
On-site / hybrid
48.3%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
Geographic Spread
5 regions represented
ACTIVE
01 US
72posts
02 EU
31posts
03 UK
18posts
04 Asia
5posts
128 Rust 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