Monthly ReportIssue № 56

May ’16

A surge with 1,556 postings, a median of $115k across 170 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+11.5%vs April
1,556
jobs
8-Mo TrendOCT '15 → MAY '16
874 lowMay 20161,642 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,556100.0%
Comp Data Points
170samples
Remote Share
25.1%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 8-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 170 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD115K
-14.8%$-20,000 vs April 2016
25th
$55k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=170
Median · 8-Mo Trend
8-month arc
vs Baseline
-56.3%
$-147,875
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,556 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
93mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+29%
93
02
Python+54%
60
03
AWS+67%
55
04
React+13%
51
05
Java+43%
43
06
Go+73%
38
07
Node.Js-7%
37
08
PostgreSQL+40%
35
09
Ruby On Rails-9%
32
10
Docker+180%
28
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Swift+200%
  • 02Docker+180%
  • 03Django+160%
  • 04Ansible+100%
  • 05Microsoft Azure+100%
Cooling
  • 01ASP.NET-57%
  • 02Hadoop-33%
  • 03Make-32%
  • 04AWS Lambda-25%
  • 05Heroku-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python9%
  • Python + React6%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python6%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + JavaScript6%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js5%
  • Node.Js + React5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

65% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2016)

§ 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
25.1%
+1.4 ptsvs April 2016
Remote
25.1%
On-site / Hybrid
74.9%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1221 jobs1221Europe (EU): 209 jobs209United Kingdom: 125 jobs125Canada: 100 jobs100Asia: 83 jobs83Australia / NZ: 22 jobs22Latin America: 9 jobs9Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
1,208posts
02 United Kingdom
125posts
03 Canada
100posts
04 Germany
62posts

1,771 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 8 months
Visa Sponsorship
31 posts offer sponsorship
2%
Offer sponsorship
312.0%
Explicitly decline
130.8%
Don't mention
151297.2%

Based on 1556 job posts in May 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2016 · 1290 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2016
CURRENT
1,556