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April 2015
Hiring volume summary
1,722 Jobs
+68% MoM
+698 jobs from March 2015
2-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,373 Jobs
+25% above historical avg (2mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 2-month average through April 2015
Absolute growth
+698 Jobs
Now: 1,722
Prev: 1,024
Net change vs March 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 2 months through April 2015
1st highest job count in the 2-month window
Compensation
$123k Median Salary
Based on 68 of 1,722 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+16.7% MoM
+$17,500 vs March 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $30k
P25 $70k
Median $123k
P75 $401k
P90 $1,000k >
Vs 2-mo baseline
+8%
+$8,750 vs 2-mo median ($114k)
Comparison vs 2-month median through April 2015
Salary change
+$17,500
Now: $123k
Prev: $105k
Change vs March 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 2 months through April 2015
1st highest median salary in the 2-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+24% MoM
-2 pts vs March 2015
Top Skills Required
62% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python9% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js6% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + JavaScript5% of jobs
- Angular + JavaScript5% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails4% of jobs
Trending Skills
- HTML/CSS↑150%
- C#↑140%
- Cassandra↑125%
- Hadoop↑117%
- Redis↑100%
Declining skills
- RabbitMQ↓45%
- EC2↓33%
- Medium↓20%
- Python↓2%
- JavaScript↓1.9%
Stable Skills
No stable skills available.
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2015)
Location & Remote
67.4%Remote
+15.5 pct pts MoM
remote share vs March 2015
Work arrangement trend (2 months)
Based on 485 classified jobs (1237 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1832 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
18 posts (1%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1722 job posts in April 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+7.8 pts
vs 2-month average remote share (59.7% avg); this month 67.4%
2-month remote share window through April 2015
Hybrid trend
-2.0 pts
vs 2-month average hybrid share (5.5% avg); this month 3.5%
2-month hybrid share window through April 2015
On-site trend
-5.7 pts
vs 2-month average on-site share (34.8% avg); this month 29.1%
2-month on-site share window through April 2015
Visa trend
-0.1 pts
vs 2-month average sponsorship share (1.1% avg); this month 1.0%
2-month sponsorship share window through April 2015
Work arrangement and location data for April 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.