Monthly ReportIssue № 13

October ’12

A surge with 486 postings, a median of $150k across 9 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+13.0%vs September
486
jobs
19-Mo TrendAPR '11 → OCT '12
0 lowOctober 2012493 peak
Hiring Jobs
486100.0%
Comp Data Points
9samples
Remote Share
51.6%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 19-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 9 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD150K
+150.0%+$90,000 vs September 2012
25th
$30k
75th
$376k
75th
$376k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=9
Median · 19-Mo Trend
19-month arc
vs Baseline
-43.6%
$-115,833
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 486 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
42mentions↑ 56%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+56%
42
02
Python+65%
33
03
HTML/CSS+80%
27
04
Java+125%
27
05
PHP+36%
15
06
Ruby+25%
15
07
Ruby On Rails+25%
15
08
JQuery+150%
15
09
MySQL+40%
14
10
Make+0%
12
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01JQuery+150%
  • 02Java+125%
  • 03Django+125%
  • 04Hadoop+125%
  • 05Node.Js+100%
Cooling
  • 01EC2-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS17%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript16%
  • JavaScript + IOS10%
  • JavaScript + JQuery9%
  • Android + JavaScript9%
  • JavaScript + Python9%
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 October 2012)

§ 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
51.6%
-1.9 ptsvs September 2012
Remote
51.6%
On-site / Hybrid
48.5%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 388 jobs388Europe (EU): 49 jobs49United Kingdom: 29 jobs29Canada: 19 jobs19Asia: 13 jobs13Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4Africa: 1 jobs1Latin America: 1 jobs1
01 United States
385posts
02 United Kingdom
29posts
03 Canada
19posts
04 Germany
12posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 18 months
Visa Sponsorship
7 posts offer sponsorship
1.4%
Offer sponsorship
71.4%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
47998.6%

Based on 486 job posts in October 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2012 · 128 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2011
48
Oct 2012
CURRENT
486