Monthly ReportIssue № 50

November ’15

A surge with 1,642 postings, a median of $200k across 55 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+17.8%vs October
1,642
jobs
2-Mo TrendOCT '15 → NOV '15
1,394 lowNovember 20151,642 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,642100.0%
Comp Data Points
55samples
Remote Share
25.0%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 2-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 55 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
-20.0%$-50,000 vs October 2015
25th
$45k
75th
$401k
90th
$850k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=55
Median · 2-Mo Trend
2-month arc
vs Baseline
-11.1%
$-25,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,642 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
77mentions↓ 9%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-9%
77
02
Python-29%
47
03
Ruby On Rails-8%
44
04
Node.Js+11%
42
05
Java+19%
37
06
React-3%
36
07
AWS-26%
35
08
Ruby-12%
28
09
PostgreSQL-37%
24
10
Angular+38%
22
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01R+133%
  • 02Angular+38%
  • 03MongoDB+38%
  • 04Microsoft Azure+33%
  • 05Webpack+33%
Cooling
  • 01EC2-67%
  • 02JQuery-63%
  • 03RabbitMQ-60%
  • 04Django-55%
  • 05Swift-50%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python9%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js5%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails4%
  • JavaScript + Ruby4%
  • Django + Python4%
  • Node.Js + React4%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

51% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through November 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
25.0%
-2.6 ptsvs October 2015
Remote
25.0%
On-site / Hybrid
75.0%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1277 jobs1277Europe (EU): 186 jobs186United Kingdom: 119 jobs119Canada: 85 jobs85Asia: 69 jobs69Australia / NZ: 18 jobs18Africa: 2 jobs2Latin America: 1 jobs1
01 United States
1,266posts
02 United Kingdom
119posts
03 Germany
87posts
04 Canada
85posts

1,757 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 2 months
Visa Sponsorship
16 posts offer sponsorship
1%
Offer sponsorship
161.0%
Explicitly decline
40.2%
Don't mention
162298.8%

Based on 1642 job posts in November 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for November 2015 · 1246 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

November across the last five years.

Nov 2015
CURRENT
1,642