Monthly ReportIssue № 164

May ’25

A cooler month with 628 postings, a median of $186k across 132 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-10.3%vs April

628

jobs

24-Mo TrendJUN '23 → MAY '25

575 lowMay 2025829 peak

Hiring Jobs

628100.0%

Comp Data Points

132samples

Remote Share

52.3%

Top Skill

Python

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 132 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD186K

+7.7%+$13,250 vs April 2025

25th

$160k

75th

$215k

90th

$238k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=132

Median · 24-Mo Trend

24-month arc

vs Baseline

+10.3%

+$17,354

§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 628 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

Python

48mentions↑ 60%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01Python+60%48

02TypeScript+28%46

03Go+92%23

04JavaScript+138%19

05Rust+78%16

06GraphQL+80%9

07Java+17%7

08SQL+0%5

09C-50%4

10C++-50%4

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript18%
Python + TypeScript13%
Python + React10%
Kubernetes + React9%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript9%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

PythonTypeScriptReactGoAmazon Web Services (AWS)3mo avg · Python

86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2025)

§ 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

52.3%

+7.0 ptsvs April 2025

Remote

52.3%

On-site / Hybrid

47.7%

Geographic Spread

12 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

382posts

02 United Kingdom

57posts

03 Canada

51posts

04 Netherlands

27posts

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

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months

Visa Sponsorship

20 posts offer sponsorship

3.2%

Offer sponsorship

203.2%

Explicitly decline

50.8%

Don't mention

60396.0%

Based on 628 job posts in May 2025. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2025 · 589 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2021

2,212

May 2022

2,139

May 2023

765

May 2024

829

May 2025

CURRENT

628