Monthly ReportIssue № 175

April ’26

Modest growth with 735 postings, a median of $177k across 152 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings+2.5%vs March
735
jobs
24-Mo TrendMAY '24 → APR '26
575 lowApril 2026877 peak
Hiring Jobs
735100.0%
Comp Data Points
152samples
Remote Share
46.1%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 152 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD177K
-11.6%$-23,250 vs March 2026
25th
$155k
75th
$203k
90th
$238k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=152
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-1.7%
$-3,125
§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 735 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python
57mentions↑ 39%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
Python+39%
57
02
TypeScript+4%
52
03
React-6%
48
04
PostgreSQL+0%
46
05
AWS-2%
41
06
Go+24%
21
07
Kubernetes-9%
20
08
Node.Js-21%
19
09
Rust+167%
16
10
Next.Js-20%
16
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01FastAPI+233%
  • 02Rust+167%
  • 03RAG+167%
  • 04Java+150%
  • 05C#+133%
Cooling
  • 01Ruby On Rails-58%
  • 02PyTorch-57%
  • 03Cursor-56%
  • 04Supabase-43%
  • 05Ruby-37%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Python + TypeScript14%
  • React + TypeScript14%
  • Python + React11%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python10%
  • PostgreSQL + TypeScript9%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2026)

§ 03Location & Remote

Remote plateaus at just under half of all postings.

A reversal from the 2022 peak, but still the dominant arrangement across hiring threads.
Remote Share
46.1%
-2.2 ptsvs March 2026
Remote
46.1%
On-site / Hybrid
53.9%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 491 jobs491Europe (EU): 140 jobs140United Kingdom: 66 jobs66Canada: 48 jobs48Asia: 25 jobs25Latin America: 20 jobs20Australia / NZ: 2 jobs2
01 United States
489posts
02 United Kingdom
66posts
03 Canada
48posts
04 Germany
28posts

792 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
24 posts offer sponsorship
3.3%
Offer sponsorship
243.3%
Explicitly decline
91.2%
Don't mention
70295.5%

Based on 735 job posts in April 2026. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for April 2026 · 686 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

April across the last five years.

Apr 2022
2,157
Apr 2023
809
Apr 2024
626
Apr 2025
700
Apr 2026
CURRENT
735