Monthly ReportIssue № 64

January ’17

A cooler month with 1,340 postings, a median of $125k across 65 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-8.0%vs December
1,340
jobs
7-Mo TrendJUL '16 → JAN '17
1,340 lowJanuary 20171,986 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,340100.0%
Comp Data Points
65samples
Remote Share
24.8%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00   Hiring Volume · 7-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 65 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD125K
+0.0%+$0 vs December 2016
25th
$80k
75th
$300k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=65
Median · 7-Mo Trend
7-month arc
vs Baseline
+2.1%
+$2,529
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 1,340 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
73mentions↑ 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+11%
73
02
Python+5%
65
03
Go+14%
42
04
Java+3%
38
05
Ruby+22%
33
06
Scala+87%
28
07
PHP+9%
25
08
C++-15%
23
09
SQL+31%
17
10
C-17%
15
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React9%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
  • Python + React8%
  • Node.Js + React7%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Node.Js7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

85% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2017)

§ 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
24.8%
-1.6 ptsvs December 2016
Remote
24.8%
On-site / Hybrid
75.2%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 986 jobs986Europe (EU): 206 jobs206United Kingdom: 158 jobs158Canada: 62 jobs62Asia: 45 jobs45Australia / NZ: 24 jobs24Latin America: 16 jobs16Africa: 7 jobs7
01 United States
964posts
02 United Kingdom
158posts
03 Germany
71posts
04 Canada
62posts

1,504 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 7 months
Visa Sponsorship
5 posts offer sponsorship
0.4%
Offer sponsorship
50.4%
Explicitly decline
181.3%
Don't mention
131798.3%

Based on 1340 job posts in January 2017. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for January 2017 · 1111 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

January across the last five years.

Jan 2017
CURRENT
1,340