Monthly ReportIssue № 20

May ’13

A cooler month with 97 postings, a median of $100k across 7 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-85.3%vs April
97
jobs
24-Mo TrendJUN '11 → MAY '13
0 lowMay 2013658 peak
Hiring Jobs
97100.0%
Comp Data Points
7samples
Remote Share
85.7%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 7 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD100K
-66.7%$-200,000 vs April 2013
25th
$100k
75th
$100k
75th
$100k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=7
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-63.3%
$-172,848
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 97 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
14mentions↓ 77%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-77%
14
02
HTML/CSS-74%
10
03
Ruby-65%
9
04
PHP-62%
8
05
Java-79%
6
06
SQL-45%
6
07
JQuery-70%
6
08
Make-60%
6
09
Python-85%
5
10
Ruby On Rails-83%
5
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending

No notable gainers in All this month.

Cooling
  • 01Python-85%
  • 02Ruby On Rails-83%
  • 03Node.Js-81%
  • 04Redis-80%
  • 05Java-79%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Node.Js15%
  • C + C++14%
  • C + JavaScript13%
  • C++ + JavaScript13%
  • C + Python12%
  • JavaScript + Python12%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2013)

§ 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
85.7%
+22.9 ptsvs April 2013
Remote
85.7%
On-site / Hybrid
14.3%
Geographic Spread
4 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 90 jobs90Asia: 2 jobs2Canada: 2 jobs2United Kingdom: 2 jobs2Europe (EU): 1 jobs1
01 United States
90posts
02 Canada
2posts
03 United Kingdom
2posts
04 Germany
1posts

97 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
11.0%
Don't mention
9699.0%

Based on 97 job posts in May 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2013 · 35 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2011
398
May 2012
477
May 2013
CURRENT
97