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April 2013
Hiring volume summary
658 Jobs
+6% MoM
+35 jobs from March 2013
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
411 Jobs
+60% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through April 2013
Absolute growth
+35 Jobs
Now: 658
Prev: 623
Net change vs March 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 24 months through April 2013
1st highest job count in the 24-month window
Compensation
$300k Median Salary
Based on 33 of 658 jobs (5%) that listed compensation
+200.0% MoM
+$200,000 vs March 2013
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $32k
P25 $100k
Median $300k
P75 $401k
P90 $580k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
+8%
+$20,957 vs 24-mo median ($279k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through April 2013
Salary change
+$200,000
Now: $300k
Prev: $100k
Change vs March 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 12th
of 24 months through April 2013
12th highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+43% MoM
+2 pts vs March 2013
Top Skills Required
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS13% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript12% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS9% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python9% of jobs
- Django + Python9% of jobs
- Java + Python8% of jobs
Trending Skills
- MongoDB↑250%
- Scala↑167%
- Hadoop↑150%
- D3.Js↑133%
- GitHub↑120%
Declining skills
- Objective-C↓56%
- Machine Learning↓33%
- Hack (Meta)↓25%
- ASP.NET↓20%
- NGINX↓20%
Stable Skills
- Make±0.4%
- MySQL±0.6%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)±0.6%
- IOS±0.7%
- UX/UI±0.7%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2013)
Location & Remote
62.8%Remote
+9.8 pct pts MoM
remote share vs March 2013
Work arrangement trend (23 months)
Based on 188 classified jobs (470 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
678 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
2 posts (0.3%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 658 job posts in April 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+2.9 pts
vs 23-month average remote share (59.9% avg); this month 62.8%
23-month remote share window through April 2013
Hybrid trend
-3.3 pts
vs 23-month average hybrid share (7.0% avg); this month 3.7%
23-month hybrid share window through April 2013
On-site trend
+0.5 pts
vs 23-month average on-site share (33.0% avg); this month 33.5%
23-month on-site share window through April 2013
Visa trend
-0.1 pts
vs 23-month average sponsorship share (0.4% avg); this month 0.3%
23-month sponsorship share window through April 2013
Work arrangement and location data for April 2013
More sections for this monthly view will follow.