Monthly ReportIssue № 41

February ’15

A surge with 1,087 postings, a median of $250k across 47 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+82.4%vs January
1,087
jobs
11-Mo TrendAPR '14 → FEB '15
596 lowFebruary 20151,136 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,087100.0%
Comp Data Points
47samples
Remote Share
53.5%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 11-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 47 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD250K
+42.9%+$75,000 vs January 2015
25th
$100k
75th
$401k
90th
$1,000k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=47
Median · 11-Mo Trend
11-month arc
vs Baseline
+15.2%
+$33,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,087 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
68mentions↑ 51%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+51%
68
02
Python+97%
59
03
Ruby On Rails+142%
46
04
AWS+112%
36
05
PostgreSQL+140%
36
06
Ruby+175%
33
07
Java+87%
28
08
Node.Js+87%
28
09
MySQL+56%
28
10
Angular+178%
25
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Angular+178%
  • 02Ruby+175%
  • 03MongoDB+175%
  • 04React+150%
  • 05Ruby On Rails+142%
Cooling
  • 01EC2-50%
  • 02C#-20%
  • 03Flask-20%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python13%
  • Go + Python9%
  • Go + JavaScript8%
  • Java + JavaScript8%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js7%
  • AngularJS + Python7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

78% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through February 2015)

§ 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
53.5%
-6.2 ptsvs January 2015
Remote
53.5%
On-site / Hybrid
46.5%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 811 jobs811Europe (EU): 146 jobs146United Kingdom: 111 jobs111Asia: 79 jobs79Canada: 50 jobs50Australia / NZ: 6 jobs6Latin America: 2 jobs2Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
804posts
02 United Kingdom
111posts
03 Germany
69posts
04 Canada
50posts

1,206 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 11 months
Visa Sponsorship
8 posts offer sponsorship
0.7%
Offer sponsorship
80.7%
Explicitly decline
100.9%
Don't mention
106998.3%

Based on 1087 job posts in February 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for February 2015 · 383 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

February across the last five years.

Feb 2015
CURRENT
1,087