Monthly ReportIssue № 12

September ’12

A cooler month with 430 postings, a median of $60k across 13 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-5.7%vs August
430
jobs
18-Mo TrendAPR '11 → SEP '12
0 lowSeptember 2012493 peak
Hiring Jobs
430100.0%
Comp Data Points
13samples
Remote Share
53.4%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 18-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 13 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD60K
-85.0%$-341,000 vs August 2012
25th
$55k
75th
$100k
90th
$381k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=13
Median · 18-Mo Trend
18-month arc
vs Baseline
-78.0%
$-212,647
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 430 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
27mentions↓ 49%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-49%
27
02
Python-41%
20
03
HTML/CSS-44%
15
04
Java-33%
12
05
Ruby-50%
12
06
Ruby On Rails-57%
12
07
Make+20%
12
08
PHP-31%
11
09
C-23%
10
10
C+++25%
10
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Scala+50%
  • 02C#+40%
  • 03C+++25%
  • 04Make+20%
Cooling
  • 01Redis-75%
  • 02MongoDB-69%
  • 03Ruby On Rails-57%
  • 04Django-56%
  • 05JQuery-54%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS15%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript14%
  • JavaScript + IOS13%
  • JavaScript + Python11%
  • JavaScript + JQuery9%
  • Java + JavaScript8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

74% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 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
53.4%
+7.7 ptsvs August 2012
Remote
53.4%
On-site / Hybrid
46.6%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 383 jobs383Europe (EU): 32 jobs32Canada: 23 jobs23United Kingdom: 19 jobs19Asia: 9 jobs9
01 United States
383posts
02 Canada
23posts
03 United Kingdom
19posts
04 Spain
8posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 17 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
430100.0%

Based on 430 job posts in September 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for September 2012 · 131 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

September across the last five years.

Sep 2011
394
Sep 2012
CURRENT
430