Insights

Trends and market signals from HN job data

Trends

Technology Trends
Share of job posts from the latest run each month
React
PostgreSQL
AWS
Kubernetes
SQL
Node.js
Terraform
Linux
Language Trends
Share of job posts from the latest run each month
Python
TypeScript
Rust
Go
JavaScript
C++
Java
C
Role Trends
Share of job posts from the latest run each month
Software Engineer
Other
Full Stack Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
AI Engineer
ML Engineer
Backend Engineer
DevOps / SRE

Tech Stack Archetypes

React / PostgreSQL / AWS
26.7% of jobs (40 jobs)
ReactPostgreSQLAWS
Top roles: Full Stack Engineer, Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 57% remote💰 65% salary🤖 73% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=26
<$100k 11.5%$100k-$150k 23.1%$150k-$200k 53.8%$200k+ 11.5%
Kubernetes / Terraform / Docker
11.3% of jobs (17 jobs)
KubernetesTerraformDocker
Top roles: DevOps / SRE, Backend Engineer, Full Stack Engineer
🌐 47% remote💰 35% salary🤖 59% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=6
$100k-$150k 33.3%$150k-$200k 50%$200k+ 16.7%
iOS / Android
4% of jobs (6 jobs)
iOSAndroid
Top roles: Software Engineer, Mobile Engineer, Other
🌐 83% remote💰 33% salary🤖 17% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=2
<$100k 100%
SQL / CSS
2.7% of jobs (4 jobs)
SQLCSS
Top roles: Full Stack Engineer, AI Engineer
🌐 100% remote💰 75% salary🤖 100% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=3
<$100k 66.7%$100k-$150k 33.3%
Linux / Git
2.7% of jobs (4 jobs)
LinuxGit
Top roles: DevOps / SRE, Software Engineer, Other
🌐 0% remote💰 25% salary🤖 25% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=1
$150k-$200k 100%
PyTorch / TensorFlow
2% of jobs (3 jobs)
PyTorchTensorFlow
Top roles: ML Engineer, AI Engineer
🌐 33% remote💰 0% salary🤖 100% AI/ML
GitHub Actions / S3
1.3% of jobs (2 jobs)
GitHub ActionsS3
Top roles: Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 50% remote💰 50% salary🤖 50% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=1
$150k-$200k 100%
Kafka / Spring
1.3% of jobs (2 jobs)
KafkaSpring
Top roles: Principal Engineer, Full Stack Engineer
🌐 100% remote💰 50% salary🤖 0% AI/ML
Salary rangesn=1
$150k-$200k 100%

Momentum

Rising
Technologies with positive growth trajectory
OCaml
+194.8%/mo
C
+112.2%/mo
Firestore
+94.2%/mo
Pub/Sub
+82.7%/mo
Cassandra
+62.2%/mo
Elixir
+58.8%/mo
RabbitMQ
+56.1%/mo
Scala
+53.7%/mo
Declining
Technologies losing share over time
Gemini API
-28.4%/mo
WebSockets
-24.1%/mo
WebRTC
-23.8%/mo
Nix
-23.6%/mo
Airflow
-18.7%/mo
Jenkins
-15.7%/mo
ROS
-15.0%/mo
Python
-14.5%/mo
Stable
FastAPINestJSDockerGoKubernetesSQL ServerFlaskDjangoGCPRedisNext.jsPostgreSQLVercelS3RustNode.jsAWSWebAssemblyReactMCPSparkeBPFSupabase

Top Technology Pairs

PostgreSQL+React
656 jobs37.6%
React+TypeScript
552 jobs34.9%
AWS+PostgreSQL
512 jobs32.4%
AWS+React
495 jobs27.9%
Python+TypeScript
454 jobs33.4%
Node.js+React
435 jobs30.6%
Python+React
415 jobs22.5%
PostgreSQL+TypeScript
403 jobs25.9%
AWS+Kubernetes
386 jobs30.5%
AWS+Python
374 jobs23.7%
PostgreSQL+Python
359 jobs20.8%
Kubernetes+PostgreSQL
349 jobs24.3%
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