Monthly ReportIssue № 167

August ’25

A cooler month with 711 postings, a median of $179k across 140 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-10.3%vs July
711
jobs
24-Mo TrendSEP '23 → AUG '25
575 lowAugust 2025829 peak
Hiring Jobs
711100.0%
Comp Data Points
140samples
Remote Share
48.6%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00   Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 140 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD179K
-4.8%$-9,000 vs July 2025
25th
$135k
75th
$200k
90th
$225k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=140
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+3.1%
+$5,292
§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 711 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python
44mentions↑ 2%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01Python+2%44
02TypeScript-19%38
03Go+11%21
04Rust+17%14
05JavaScript+44%13
06C+0%6
07SQL+0%6
08C+++0%5
09GraphQL-43%4
10PHP+100%4
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • React + TypeScript18%
  • Python + TypeScript17%
  • Python + React13%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python11%
  • PostgreSQL + TypeScript10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

71% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2025)

§ 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
48.6%
-0.8 ptsvs July 2025
Remote
48.6%
On-site / Hybrid
51.4%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 500 jobs500Europe (EU): 113 jobs113Canada: 80 jobs80United Kingdom: 53 jobs53Asia: 14 jobs14Latin America: 11 jobs11Australia / NZ: 2 jobs2Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
494posts
02 Canada
80posts
03 United Kingdom
53posts
04 Germany
27posts

774 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
3.4%
Offer sponsorship
243.4%
Explicitly decline
40.6%
Don't mention
68396.1%

Based on 711 job posts in August 2025. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for August 2025 · 664 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

August across the last five years.

Aug 2021
2,283
Aug 2022
1,647
Aug 2023
744
Aug 2024
679
Aug 2025
CURRENT
711