Monthly ReportIssue № 25

October ’13

A surge with 848 postings, a median of $150k across 59 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+77.8%vs September
848
jobs
24-Mo TrendNOV '11 → OCT '13
0 lowOctober 2013848 peak
Hiring Jobs
848100.0%
Comp Data Points
59samples
Remote Share
47.6%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 59 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD150K
+51.5%+$51,000 vs September 2013
25th
$32k
75th
$331k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=59
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-40.1%
$-100,370
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 848 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
66mentions↑ 78%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+78%
66
02
Ruby On Rails+71%
48
03
Python+96%
45
04
Ruby+363%
37
05
HTML/CSS+59%
35
06
Make+63%
26
07
JQuery+243%
24
08
MySQL+69%
22
09
Java+24%
21
10
PHP+163%
21
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Ruby+363%
  • 02Sass+267%
  • 03JQuery+243%
  • 04PHP+163%
  • 05NGINX+150%
Cooling
  • 01SQL-56%
  • 02Django-38%
  • 03Angular-27%
  • 04C++-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS17%
  • JavaScript + Python11%
  • JavaScript + UX/UI9%
  • Node.Js + Python8%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript8%
  • JavaScript + Ruby7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

91% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 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
47.6%
-0.7 ptsvs September 2013
Remote
47.6%
On-site / Hybrid
52.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 668 jobs668Europe (EU): 73 jobs73United Kingdom: 70 jobs70Canada: 41 jobs41Asia: 18 jobs18Latin America: 6 jobs6Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4
01 United States
658posts
02 United Kingdom
70posts
03 Canada
41posts
04 Germany
22posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
1.4%
Offer sponsorship
121.4%
Explicitly decline
20.2%
Don't mention
83498.3%

Based on 848 job posts in October 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2013 · 212 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2011
48
Oct 2012
486
Oct 2013
CURRENT
848