Monthly ReportIssue № 61
October ’16
A surge with 1,677 postings, a median of $108k across 144 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.
Total Postings+16.7%vs September
1,677
jobs
4-Mo TrendJUL '16 → OCT '16
1,437 lowOctober 20161,677 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,677100.0%
Comp Data Points
144samples
Remote Share
22.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00 Hiring Volume · 4-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 144 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD108K
-17.3%$-22,500 vs September 2016
25th
$80k
75th
$155k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=144
Median · 4-Mo Trend
4-month arc
vs Baseline
-14.0%
$-17,449
§ 02Technical Skills
JavaScript stays the language most asked for.
Keywords counted across 1,677 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript96mentions↑ 26%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+26%
9602
Python+40%
9403
Java-4%
4404
Ruby+18%
4005
Go+50%
3606
C+++50%
2407
Scala+62%
2108
PHP+54%
2009
TypeScript+183%
1710
SQL+300%
16Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- JavaScript + Python9%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python7%
- Python + React7%
- Node.Js + React6%
- Go + Python5%
- JavaScript + PostgreSQL5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
JavaScriptPythonReactAmazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQL3mo avg · JavaScript
79% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2016)
§ 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
22.9%
-3.0 ptsvs September 2016
Remote
22.9%
On-site / Hybrid
77.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
1,259posts
02 United Kingdom
160posts
03 Canada
86posts
04 Germany
59posts
1,869 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 4 months
Visa Sponsorship
13 posts offer sponsorship
0.8%
Offer sponsorship
130.8%
Explicitly decline
291.7%
Don't mention
163597.5%
Based on 1677 job posts in October 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for October 2016 · 1424 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
October across the last five years.
Oct 2016
CURRENT
1,677