Monthly ReportIssue № 70

July ’17

Modest growth with 1,678 postings, a median of $129k across 92 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+3.1%vs June
1,678
jobs
24-Mo TrendAUG '15 → JUL '17
874 lowJuly 20172,151 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,678100.0%
Comp Data Points
92samples
Remote Share
22.2%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 92 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD129K
-1.2%$-1,500 vs June 2017
25th
$90k
75th
$200k
90th
$509k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=92
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-25.8%
$-44,575
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,678 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
79mentions↓ 6%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-6%
79
02
React-1%
76
03
Python-16%
70
04
AWS+11%
60
05
Node.Js+27%
57
06
Machine Learning+24%
47
07
Go+0%
46
08
Java+26%
44
09
PostgreSQL-27%
37
10
HTML/CSS-6%
34
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Rust+100%
  • 02Swift+100%
  • 03Haskell+75%
  • 04Terraform+75%
  • 05Clojure+50%
Cooling
  • 01SQL-59%
  • 02Apache Kafka-45%
  • 03Ansible-44%
  • 04Hadoop-43%
  • 05NumPy-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS11%
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • Node.Js + React7%
  • Python + React7%
  • Machine Learning + Python6%
  • React + Redux6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

83% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through July 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
22.2%
+2.5 ptsvs June 2017
Remote
22.2%
On-site / Hybrid
77.8%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1033 jobs1033Europe (EU): 341 jobs341United Kingdom: 193 jobs193Asia: 93 jobs93Canada: 67 jobs67Australia / NZ: 26 jobs26Latin America: 9 jobs9Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
1,016posts
02 United Kingdom
193posts
03 Germany
154posts
04 Canada
67posts

1,764 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
1.3%
Offer sponsorship
211.3%
Explicitly decline
70.4%
Don't mention
165098.3%

Based on 1678 job posts in July 2017. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for July 2017 · 1500 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

July across the last five years.

Jul 2013
531
Jul 2014
1,003
Jul 2015
1,999
Jul 2016
1,530
Jul 2017
CURRENT
1,678