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August 2011
Hiring volume summary
386 Jobs
-9% MoM
-38 jobs from July 2011
5-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
407 Jobs
-5% below historical avg (5mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 5-month average through August 2011
Absolute growth
-38 Jobs
Now: 386
Prev: 424
Net change vs July 2011
Historical strength
Rank: 5th
of 5 months through August 2011
5th highest job count in the 5-month window
Compensation
$84k Median Salary
Based on 5 of 386 jobs (1%) that listed compensation
-79.1% MoM
$-317,000 vs July 2011
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 missing
P25 $53k
Median $84k
P75 $251k
P90 missing >
Vs 5-mo baseline
-64%
$-151,700 vs 5-mo median ($236k)
Comparison vs 5-month median through August 2011
Salary change
$-317,000
Now: $84k
Prev: $401k
Change vs July 2011
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 5 months through August 2011
4th highest median salary in the 5-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-21% MoM
-1 pts vs July 2011
Top Skills Required
94% 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 + JavaScript10% of jobs
- JavaScript + JQuery6% of jobs
- Android + Ruby6% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JQuery5% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Git↑120%
- Node.Js↑120%
- NGINX↑100%
- Ruby↑73%
- Redis↑67%
Declining skills
- C++↓40%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)↓25%
- JavaScript↓21%
- HTML/CSS↓9%
- Ruby On Rails↓5%
Stable Skills
- Python±0.2%
- IOS±0.3%
- MongoDB±0.4%
- SQL±0.4%
- Django±0.5%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2011)
Location & Remote
54.3%Remote
-30.7 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2011
Work arrangement trend (5 months)
Based on 81 classified jobs (305 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
414 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts (0%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 386 job posts in August 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-9.1 pts
vs 5-month average remote share (63.4% avg); this month 54.3%
5-month remote share window through August 2011
Hybrid trend
+2.4 pts
vs 5-month average hybrid share (1.3% avg); this month 3.7%
5-month hybrid share window through August 2011
On-site trend
+6.7 pts
vs 5-month average on-site share (35.3% avg); this month 42.0%
5-month on-site share window through August 2011
Visa trend
-0.1 pts
vs 5-month average sponsorship share (0.1% avg); this month 0.0%
5-month sponsorship share window through August 2011
Work arrangement and location data for August 2011
More sections for this monthly view will follow.