Monthly ReportIssue № 26

November ’13

A cooler month with 762 postings, a median of $250k across 34 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-10.1%vs October
762
jobs
24-Mo TrendDEC '11 → NOV '13
0 lowNovember 2013848 peak
Hiring Jobs
762100.0%
Comp Data Points
34samples
Remote Share
60.8%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 34 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD250K
+66.7%+$100,000 vs October 2013
25th
$98k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=34
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+2.5%
+$6,196
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 762 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
59mentions↓ 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-11%
59
02
Python-22%
35
03
HTML/CSS-17%
29
04
Ruby On Rails-40%
29
05
Java+5%
22
06
Angular+138%
19
07
Django+138%
19
08
Ruby-51%
18
09
Make-35%
17
10
PostgreSQL+14%
16
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Angular+138%
  • 02Django+138%
  • 03Express+133%
  • 04SQL+125%
  • 05RabbitMQ+67%
Cooling
  • 01Objective-C-57%
  • 02Ruby-51%
  • 03JQuery-46%
  • 04Clojure-43%
  • 05R-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS16%
  • JavaScript + UX/UI11%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript10%
  • JavaScript + IOS9%
  • Java + JavaScript9%
  • JavaScript + Python8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through November 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
60.8%
+13.1 ptsvs October 2013
Remote
60.8%
On-site / Hybrid
39.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 600 jobs600United Kingdom: 168 jobs168Canada: 68 jobs68Europe (EU): 30 jobs30Latin America: 8 jobs8Asia: 7 jobs7Africa: 1 jobs1Australia / NZ: 1 jobs1
01 United States
587posts
02 United Kingdom
168posts
03 Canada
68posts
04 Netherlands
13posts

883 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
00.0%
Don't mention
762100.0%

Based on 762 job posts in November 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for November 2013 · 186 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

November across the last five years.

Nov 2011
418
Nov 2012
437
Nov 2013
CURRENT
762