Monthly ReportIssue № 11
August ’12
A surge with 456 postings, a median of $401k across 20 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.
Total Postings+39.9%vs July
456
jobs
17-Mo TrendAPR '11 → AUG '12
0 lowAugust 2012493 peak
Hiring Jobs
456100.0%
Comp Data Points
20samples
Remote Share
45.7%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 17-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 20 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+60.1%+$150,500 vs July 2012
25th
$401k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=20
Median · 17-Mo Trend
17-month arc
vs Baseline
+40.2%
+$115,062
§ 02Technical Skills
JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.
Keywords counted across 456 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript53mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+29%
5302
Python+48%
3403
Ruby On Rails+27%
2804
HTML/CSS+29%
2705
Ruby+14%
2406
Java+29%
1807
PHP+14%
1608
MySQL+50%
1509
C+550%
1310
JQuery+0%
13Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
- 01SQL+167%
- 02Machine Learning+133%
- 03Objective-C+100%
- 04Sass+100%
- 05Hadoop+100%
Cooling
- 01Node.Js-25%
- 02PostgreSQL-17%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript15%
- Android + IOS14%
- JavaScript + Python13%
- JavaScript + UX/UI11%
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
- JavaScript + IOS9%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
JavaScriptPythonRuby On RailsHTML/CSSRuby3mo avg · JavaScript
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2012)
§ 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
45.7%
-13.3 ptsvs July 2012
Remote
45.7%
On-site / Hybrid
54.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
366posts
02 United Kingdom
29posts
03 Canada
20posts
04 Netherlands
14posts
459 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 16 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
456100.0%
Based on 456 job posts in August 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for August 2012 · 140 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
August across the last five years.
Aug 2011
386
Aug 2012
CURRENT
456