Skill ProfileLanguages

Swift

Swift appeared in 3 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #14 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026+50%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
18mentions · May 2016
First Seen
October 2011
Month Momentum
Rising+50%
§ 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
766since October 2011 · 183 months
+43% YoY2025 vs 2024
49
'15
113
'16
114
PEAK
'17
104
'18
74
'19
45
'20
78
'21
59
'22
35
'23
21
'24
30
'25
17
'26

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

All-time
766183 mo
↑ Best year
2017114
↓ Quietest full year
20121
Latest full year
2025+43% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Swift 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
USD160Kmedian
$100k – $200k middle 50% · n=31
By seniority
Junior— n=1
Mid— n=1
Senior$160k – $204k n=17
Staff+— n=2

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

Disclosed
31of 163 posts
Disclosure rate
19.0%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Swift sits in the pay distribution
−10%vs C+3%vs Go
LanguageMedianvs Swift
01
C
$200k+11.1%
02
C++
$200k+11.1%
03
Rust
$200k+11.1%
04
Swiftyou are here
$180k—
05
Kotlin
$178k−1.4%
06
Go
$175k−2.8%
07
Python
$175k−2.8%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Swift is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Swift posts by where the role is based.

01
United States75.0%
6
02
Canada12.5%
1
03
Europe (EU)12.5%
1
Remote Policy
13%remote
Remote
12.5%
Hybrid
87.5%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Swift

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior87.5%
7
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
8
§ 05Technical Skills

iOS is the skill most co-mentioned with Swift.

#01
Signature Stack
Swift’s strongest
pairings

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

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
SwiftUI
46.1×
Kotlin
24.0×
IoT
17.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01iOS30269%
02Kotlin23654%
03Python22651%
04Android20346%
05SwiftUI17339%
06Go17239%
07React17239%
08TypeScript14232%
09C++14132%
10Google Cloud13030%
11Kubernetes11426%
12JavaScript10925%
13PostgreSQL10825%
14IoT9321%
15Elixir8118%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Swift stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
48-7.7%
6.7%
02
TypeScript
41-4.7%
5.7%
03
Go
20-9.1%
2.8%
04
Rust
12-7.7%
1.7%
05
JavaScript
9-18%
1.3%
06
SQL
80.0%
1.1%
07
GraphQL
70.0%
1.0%
08
Java
60.0%
0.8%
09
Kotlin
6+100%
0.8%
10
Ruby
6-14%
0.8%
11
Swiftyou are here
3-25%
0.4%

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.