Monthly ReportIssue № 60

September ’16

A cooler month with 1,437 postings, a median of $130k across 156 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-12.3%vs August
1,437
jobs
24-Mo TrendOCT '14 → SEP '16
596 lowSeptember 20161,999 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,437100.0%
Comp Data Points
156samples
Remote Share
25.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 156 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD130K
+0.0%+$0 vs August 2016
25th
$86k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=156
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-35.4%
$-71,158
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,437 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
83mentions↓ 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-11%
83
02
Python-12%
67
03
React-10%
57
04
AWS-11%
55
05
Java+2%
46
06
Ruby On Rails-6%
46
07
PostgreSQL+26%
44
08
Node.Js-20%
37
09
Ruby-23%
34
10
Machine Learning+8%
28
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01R+100%
  • 02Express+100%
  • 03Hadoop+100%
  • 04Microsoft SQL Server+67%
  • 05Redis+50%
Cooling
  • 01SQL-76%
  • 02React Native-50%
  • 03Kubernetes-43%
  • 04Elixir-40%
  • 05RabbitMQ-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS13%
  • JavaScript + Python13%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
  • Python + React6%
  • Go + Python6%
  • Django + Python6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

87% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 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
25.9%
+5.3 ptsvs August 2016
Remote
25.9%
On-site / Hybrid
74.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1108 jobs1108United Kingdom: 163 jobs163Europe (EU): 162 jobs162Canada: 69 jobs69Asia: 50 jobs50Australia / NZ: 21 jobs21Latin America: 15 jobs15Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
1,094posts
02 United Kingdom
163posts
03 Canada
69posts
04 Germany
55posts

1,589 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
32 posts offer sponsorship
2.2%
Offer sponsorship
322.2%
Explicitly decline
151.0%
Don't mention
139096.7%

Based on 1437 job posts in September 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for September 2016 · 1203 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

September across the last five years.

Sep 2012
430
Sep 2013
477
Sep 2014
638
Sep 2015
1,724
Sep 2016
CURRENT
1,437