Monthly ReportIssue № 29

February ’14

A surge with 792 postings, a median of $331k across 63 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+78.0%vs January
792
jobs
6-Mo TrendSEP '13 → FEB '14
445 lowFebruary 2014848 peak
Hiring Jobs
792100.0%
Comp Data Points
63samples
Remote Share
62.1%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 6-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 63 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD331K
+65.3%+$130,500 vs January 2014
25th
$99k
75th
$401k
90th
$460k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=63
Median · 6-Mo Trend
6-month arc
vs Baseline
+75.6%
+$142,250
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 792 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
51mentions↑ 19%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+19%
51
02
Python+59%
43
03
Ruby On Rails+42%
27
04
Ruby+60%
24
05
Django+113%
17
06
PostgreSQL+70%
17
07
Node.Js+100%
16
08
Make+60%
16
09
Java+50%
15
10
JQuery+8%
14
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Django+113%
  • 02Node.Js+100%
  • 03NGINX+100%
  • 04PostgreSQL+70%
  • 05Objective-C+67%
Cooling
  • 01C-40%
  • 02Angular-27%
  • 03Clojure-25%
  • 04Hadoop-25%
  • 05Go-14%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python16%
  • Java + JavaScript9%
  • Django + Python7%
  • Java + Python6%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js6%
  • MongoDB + Python5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

63% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through February 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
62.1%
-2.6 ptsvs January 2014
Remote
62.1%
On-site / Hybrid
37.9%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 657 jobs657Europe (EU): 50 jobs50United Kingdom: 47 jobs47Asia: 22 jobs22Canada: 22 jobs22Australia / NZ: 7 jobs7Latin America: 2 jobs2
01 United States
651posts
02 United Kingdom
47posts
03 Canada
22posts
04 Ireland
15posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 6 months
Visa Sponsorship
9 posts offer sponsorship
1.1%
Offer sponsorship
91.1%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
78398.9%

Based on 792 job posts in February 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for February 2014 · 261 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

February across the last five years.

Feb 2014
CURRENT
792