Monthly ReportIssue № 34

July ’14

A surge with 1,003 postings, a median of $200k across 63 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+22.8%vs June
1,003
jobs
4-Mo TrendAPR '14 → JUL '14
817 lowJuly 20141,003 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,003100.0%
Comp Data Points
63samples
Remote Share
62.0%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 4-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
USD200K
+159.7%+$123,000 vs June 2014
25th
$50k
75th
$401k
90th
$500k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=63
Median · 4-Mo Trend
4-month arc
vs Baseline
-7.2%
$-15,500
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,003 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
62mentions↑ 27%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+27%
62
02
Python+13%
45
03
Ruby On Rails+40%
35
04
Java+36%
30
05
JQuery+63%
26
06
Ruby-27%
22
07
MySQL+38%
22
08
PostgreSQL+10%
22
09
AWS+50%
21
10
Node.Js+0%
20
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01C#+80%
  • 02MongoDB+80%
  • 03JQuery+63%
  • 04NGINX+60%
  • 05AWS+50%
Cooling
  • 01RabbitMQ-50%
  • 02Go-44%
  • 03Neo4J-33%
  • 04Ruby-27%
  • 05Clojure-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python12%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js9%
  • Go + Python7%
  • Java + JavaScript7%
  • Node.Js + Python7%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

70% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through July 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
62.0%
+3.8 ptsvs June 2014
Remote
62.0%
On-site / Hybrid
38.0%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 845 jobs845Europe (EU): 106 jobs106United Kingdom: 65 jobs65Asia: 45 jobs45Canada: 20 jobs20Australia / NZ: 3 jobs3
01 United States
843posts
02 United Kingdom
65posts
03 Germany
57posts
04 Spain
28posts

1,084 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 4 months
Visa Sponsorship
7 posts offer sponsorship
0.7%
Offer sponsorship
70.7%
Explicitly decline
60.6%
Don't mention
99098.7%

Based on 1003 job posts in July 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for July 2014 · 400 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

July across the last five years.

Jul 2014
CURRENT
1,003