Monthly ReportIssue № 48

September ’15

Modest growth with 1,724 postings, a median of $150k across 66 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+0.8%vs August
1,724
jobs
7-Mo TrendMAR '15 → SEP '15
1,024 lowSeptember 20151,999 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,724100.0%
Comp Data Points
66samples
Remote Share
25.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 7-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 66 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD150K
+15.4%+$20,000 vs August 2015
25th
$84k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=66
Median · 7-Mo Trend
7-month arc
vs Baseline
-6.5%
$-10,357
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,724 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
84mentions↓ 23%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-23%
84
02
Python-21%
64
03
Node.Js-11%
47
04
Ruby On Rails-13%
47
05
Java-17%
38
06
AWS-28%
38
07
Ruby-27%
35
08
React+0%
35
09
Go+23%
32
10
PostgreSQL-19%
29
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01HTML/CSS+167%
  • 02Django+33%
  • 03Ansible+29%
  • 04JQuery+25%
  • 05Go+23%
Cooling
  • 01Clojure-64%
  • 02WordPress-57%
  • 03Haskell-50%
  • 04Scala-50%
  • 05Jenkins-50%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python6%
  • Django + Python5%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js5%
  • JavaScript + Ruby5%
  • Java + Python5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

58% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2015)

§ 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
25.9%
+0.1 ptsvs August 2015
Remote
25.9%
On-site / Hybrid
74.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1357 jobs1357Europe (EU): 202 jobs202United Kingdom: 123 jobs123Canada: 90 jobs90Asia: 81 jobs81Australia / NZ: 46 jobs46Latin America: 12 jobs12Africa: 4 jobs4
01 United States
1,344posts
02 United Kingdom
123posts
03 Canada
90posts
04 Germany
77posts

1,915 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 7 months
Visa Sponsorship
16 posts offer sponsorship
0.9%
Offer sponsorship
160.9%
Explicitly decline
90.5%
Don't mention
169998.5%

Based on 1724 job posts in September 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for September 2015 · 1225 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

September across the last five years.

Sep 2015
CURRENT
1,724