Monthly ReportIssue № 23

August ’13

A surge with 607 postings, a median of $401k across 26 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+14.3%vs July
607
jobs
24-Mo TrendSEP '11 → AUG '13
0 lowAugust 2013658 peak
Hiring Jobs
607100.0%
Comp Data Points
26samples
Remote Share
58.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 26 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+301.0%+$301,000 vs July 2013
25th
$84k
75th
$401k
90th
$461k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=26
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+55.0%
+$142,283
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 607 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
71mentions↑ 31%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+31%
71
02
Python+40%
49
03
HTML/CSS-7%
39
04
Java+89%
34
05
Ruby+16%
29
06
Ruby On Rails-19%
25
07
Node.Js+92%
23
08
PHP+38%
22
09
MongoDB+69%
22
10
MySQL+38%
22
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Scala+167%
  • 02NGINX+167%
  • 03Objective-C+133%
  • 04Hadoop+120%
  • 05Node.Js+92%
Cooling
  • 01EC2-37%
  • 02Cassandra-25%
  • 03Ruby On Rails-19%
  • 04HTML/CSS-7%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python12%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js10%
  • Java + JavaScript8%
  • MySQL + Python8%
  • Java + Python8%
  • JavaScript + JQuery7%
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 August 2013)

§ 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
58.9%
-8.3 ptsvs July 2013
Remote
58.9%
On-site / Hybrid
41.2%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 519 jobs519United Kingdom: 38 jobs38Europe (EU): 20 jobs20Canada: 15 jobs15Asia: 11 jobs11Latin America: 4 jobs4
01 United States
510posts
02 United Kingdom
38posts
03 Canada
15posts
04 Germany
13posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
1 posts offer sponsorship
0.2%
Offer sponsorship
10.2%
Explicitly decline
20.3%
Don't mention
60499.5%

Based on 607 job posts in August 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for August 2013 · 180 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

August across the last five years.

Aug 2011
386
Aug 2012
456
Aug 2013
CURRENT
607