August 2018 Hacker News Hiring Trends
The Top 5 remained exactly the same in August as it was in July with React on top followed by Python, AWS, Postgresql and JavaScript. This is React's fifteenth month in a row in the top spot. Though React has slid back in terms of share over the last quarter after peaking in June, it's still in a dominant position.
Elsewhere in the Top 10, both Node.js and golang are making their move, coming in just short of the Top 5. Node.js has one previous top 5 and is trying to get back there while golang is looking for its first Top 5 finish.
Overall, August had its best month ever in terms of posting count, up 18% over both July and last August. This will be an interesting trends to watch going into the Fall.
Compare Top 10 Programming Lanuages
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and React
Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server
Compare Mongodb, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and DynamoDB
Compare Storm, Hadoop and Spark
Compare Kafka, RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ
Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself
Compare Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos and Vagrant
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| React | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Python | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AWS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +1 |
| JavaScript | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| Postgresql | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | +4 |
| node.js | 6 | 9 | +3 | 6 | 0 |
| golang | 7 | 11 | +4 | 10 | +3 |
| Full Stack | 8 | 7 | -1 | 5 | -3 |
| Machine Learning | 9 | 6 | -3 | 8 | -1 |
| DevOps | 10 | 14 | +4 | 13 | +3 |
| Docker | 11 | 8 | -3 | 16 | +5 |
| Ruby | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | -5 |
| Java | 13 | 16 | +3 | 11 | -2 |
| Rails | 14 | 13 | -1 | 14 | 0 |
| Android | 15 | 10 | -5 | 15 | 0 |
| iOS | 16 | 15 | -1 | 12 | -4 |
| C++ | 17 | 25 | +8 | 19 | +2 |
| Kubernetes | 18 | 17 | -1 | 28 | +10 |
| Data Science | 19 | 19 | 0 | 31 | +12 |
| Redux | 20 | 24 | +4 | 23 | +3 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockchain | 21 | 51 | 1 | 170 | +119 |
| Shell | 5 | 114 | 0 | 200 | +86 |
| Kotlin | 18 | 58 | 3 | 130 | +72 |
| Ethereum | 12 | 71 | 3 | 134 | +63 |
| Bash | 6 | 109 | 1 | 171 | +62 |
| DynamoDB | 9 | 85 | 2 | 147 | +62 |
| Objective-C | 7 | 95 | 2 | 153 | +58 |
| Electron | 8 | 88 | 3 | 135 | +47 |
| Express | 11 | 76 | 4 | 123 | +47 |
| Vue | 34 | 38 | 9 | 84 | +46 |