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Swift

Tracked since October 2011 · peak 18 mentions in May 2016 · now 0.3% of monthly hiring posts.

Mentions · May 2026+0%vs Apr
2
mentions
this month
149-Mo Trend2011-10 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202618 peak
Share of all jobs
0.3%
All-time peak
18mentions · May 2016
First seen
October 2011
3-Mo Momentum
Cooling-10%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history across 13 years of hiring threads.

Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Swift. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00   Hiring Mentions · 149-Mo Window
0591419layoff eraPeak · May 2016 · 182011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation

Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.

Proxy for Swift roles — Swift 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.

Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
$292k$237k$183k$129k$75k2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills

Skills most co-asked for with Swift.

Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Swift stands among languages
May 2026
LanguageMentionsYoYMarket 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
SQL
6+20%
3.2%

Mentions in HN “Who is hiring?” language listings · May 2026

§ 04Location & Remote

Remote trails on-site / hybrid for Swift.

Distribution from Swift-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
14.3%
−19.0 ptsvs prev month
Remote
14.3%
On-site / hybrid
85.7%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Geographic Spread
2 regions represented
ACTIVE
US: 6 jobs6Canada: 1 jobs1
01 US
6posts
02 Canada
1posts

7 Swift 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
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