Monthly ReportIssue № 76

January ’18

A cooler month with 1,635 postings, a median of $115k across 183 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-11.1%vs December
1,635
jobs
2-Mo TrendDEC '17 → JAN '18
1,635 lowJanuary 20181,840 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,635100.0%
Comp Data Points
183samples
Remote Share
24.2%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00   Hiring Volume · 2-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 183 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD115K
+0.0%+$0 vs December 2017
25th
$100k
75th
$140k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=183
Median · 2-Mo Trend
2-month arc
vs Baseline
+0.0%
+$0
§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 1,635 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python
73mentions↓ 28%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-22%
73
02
Python-28%
73
03
Go-35%
37
04
Java-34%
31
05
C++-32%
21
06
Ruby-37%
19
07
SQL-21%
15
08
Scala+15%
15
09
PHP-30%
14
10
C-19%
13
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Python + React11%
  • JavaScript + Python11%
  • Node.Js + React10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React8%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

62% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2018)

§ 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
24.2%
+2.0 ptsvs December 2017
Remote
24.2%
On-site / Hybrid
75.8%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1110 jobs1110Europe (EU): 264 jobs264United Kingdom: 200 jobs200Canada: 142 jobs142Asia: 64 jobs64Latin America: 19 jobs19Australia / NZ: 16 jobs16
01 United States
1,083posts
02 United Kingdom
200posts
03 Canada
142posts
04 Germany
122posts

1,815 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 2 months
Visa Sponsorship
58 posts offer sponsorship
3.5%
Offer sponsorship
583.5%
Explicitly decline
221.3%
Don't mention
155595.1%

Based on 1635 job posts in January 2018. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for January 2018 · 1455 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

January across the last five years.

Jan 2018
CURRENT
1,635