Monthly ReportIssue № 35

August ’14

A surge with 1,136 postings, a median of $200k across 46 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+13.3%vs July
1,136
jobs
5-Mo TrendAPR '14 → AUG '14
817 lowAugust 20141,136 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,136100.0%
Comp Data Points
46samples
Remote Share
60.1%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 5-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 46 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
+0.0%+$0 vs July 2014
25th
$58k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=46
Median · 5-Mo Trend
5-month arc
vs Baseline
-5.8%
$-12,400
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,136 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
92mentions↑ 48%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+48%
92
02
Python+33%
60
03
Java+30%
39
04
Ruby On Rails+6%
37
05
Ruby+64%
36
06
MySQL+50%
33
07
PHP+78%
32
08
JQuery+23%
32
09
Node.Js+45%
29
10
AngularJS+93%
27
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Go+133%
  • 02React+133%
  • 03Angular+109%
  • 04Perl+100%
  • 05AngularJS+93%
Cooling
  • 01Express-40%
  • 02TypeScript-25%
  • 03NGINX-25%
  • 04Cassandra-25%
  • 05EC2-20%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python13%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js9%
  • Java + JavaScript8%
  • Go + Python8%
  • Node.Js + Python8%
  • Java + Python7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

84% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2014)

§ 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
60.1%
-1.9 ptsvs July 2014
Remote
60.1%
On-site / Hybrid
39.9%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 946 jobs946United Kingdom: 81 jobs81Europe (EU): 74 jobs74Canada: 32 jobs32Asia: 29 jobs29Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4Latin America: 3 jobs3
01 United States
943posts
02 United Kingdom
81posts
03 Germany
35posts
04 Canada
32posts

1,169 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 5 months
Visa Sponsorship
10 posts offer sponsorship
0.9%
Offer sponsorship
100.9%
Explicitly decline
70.6%
Don't mention
111998.5%

Based on 1136 job posts in August 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for August 2014 · 406 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

August across the last five years.

Aug 2014
CURRENT
1,136