Monthly ReportIssue № 42

March ’15

1,024 postings for March 2015, a median of $105k across 96 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings
1,024
jobs
Hiring Jobs
1,024100.0%
Comp Data Points
96samples
Remote Share
51.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 1-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 96 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD105K
25th
$76k
75th
$401k
90th
$680k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=96
Median · 1-Mo Trend
1-month arc
vs Baseline
+0.0%
+$0
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,024 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
74mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript—
74
02
Python—
57
03
Ruby On Rails—
43
04
Java—
34
05
PostgreSQL—
30
06
Node.Js—
29
07
AWS—
28
08
MySQL—
26
09
Ruby—
25
10
Go—
22
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python9%
  • Django + Python6%
  • JavaScript + Ruby5%
  • JavaScript + MySQL5%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js4%
  • JavaScript + PHP4%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

79% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through March 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
51.9%
Remote
51.9%
On-site / Hybrid
48.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 770 jobs770Europe (EU): 111 jobs111United Kingdom: 85 jobs85Canada: 53 jobs53Asia: 41 jobs41Australia / NZ: 5 jobs5Latin America: 5 jobs5Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
764posts
02 United Kingdom
85posts
03 Canada
53posts
04 Germany
38posts

1,071 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
1.2%
Offer sponsorship
121.2%
Explicitly decline
80.8%
Don't mention
100498.0%

Based on 1024 job posts in March 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for March 2015 · 370 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

March across the last five years.

Mar 2015
CURRENT
1,024