Skill ProfileLanguages
SQL
Tracked since April 2011 · peak 27 mentions in October 2017 · now 0.8% of monthly hiring posts.
Mentions · May 2026-40%vs Apr
6
mentions
this month
181-Mo Trend2011-04 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202627 peak
Share of all jobs
0.8%
All-time peak
27mentions · October 2017
First seen
April 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Rising+41%
§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 16 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning SQL. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 181-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for SQL roles — SQL 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.
SQL-tagged listings · May 2026
$85k — $200k · 7 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 SQL.
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere SQL 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
Rust
12-25%6.3%
05
JavaScript
9-53%4.7%
06
Java
7+0%3.7%
07
C++
6+50%3.2%
08
SQLyou are here
6+20%3.2%
Mentions in HN “Who is hiring?” language listings · May 2026
§ 04Location & Remote
Remote leads SQL postings.
Distribution from SQL-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
91.7%
+31.7 ptsvs prev month
Remote
91.7%
On-site / hybrid
8.3%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
Geographic Spread
3 regions represented
ACTIVE
01 US
8posts
02 Asia
1posts
03 Canada
1posts
10 SQL 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.