Monthly ReportIssue № 24

September ’13

A cooler month with 477 postings, a median of $99k across 17 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-21.4%vs August
477
jobs
24-Mo TrendOCT '11 → SEP '13
0 lowSeptember 2013658 peak
Hiring Jobs
477100.0%
Comp Data Points
17samples
Remote Share
48.4%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 17 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD99K
-75.3%$-302,000 vs August 2013
25th
$55k
75th
$250k
90th
$421k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=17
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-62.1%
$-162,283
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 477 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
37mentions↓ 48%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-48%
37
02
Ruby On Rails+12%
28
03
Python-53%
23
04
HTML/CSS-44%
22
05
Java-50%
17
06
Make-24%
16
07
Django+0%
13
08
MySQL-41%
13
09
PostgreSQL-43%
12
10
Angular-27%
11
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Ruby On Rails+12%
Cooling
  • 01Ruby-72%
  • 02Node.Js-65%
  • 03JQuery-65%
  • 04C-64%
  • 05PHP-64%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS16%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript9%
  • Android + JavaScript9%
  • JavaScript + IOS9%
  • Android + Machine Learning8%
  • JavaScript + UX/UI8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

99% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 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
48.4%
-10.5 ptsvs August 2013
Remote
48.4%
On-site / Hybrid
51.6%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 384 jobs384United Kingdom: 38 jobs38Europe (EU): 35 jobs35Canada: 18 jobs18Asia: 10 jobs10Latin America: 10 jobs10Australia / NZ: 5 jobs5
01 United States
373posts
02 United Kingdom
38posts
03 Canada
18posts
04 Ireland
11posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
8 posts offer sponsorship
1.7%
Offer sponsorship
81.7%
Explicitly decline
40.8%
Don't mention
46597.5%

Based on 477 job posts in September 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for September 2013 · 124 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

September across the last five years.

Sep 2011
394
Sep 2012
430
Sep 2013
CURRENT
477