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August 2013
Hiring volume summary
607 Jobs
+14% MoM
+76 jobs from July 2013
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
415 Jobs
+46% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through August 2013
Absolute growth
+76 Jobs
Now: 607
Prev: 531
Net change vs July 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 3rd
of 24 months through August 2013
3rd highest job count in the 24-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 26 of 607 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+301.0% MoM
+$301,000 vs July 2013
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $35k
P25 $84k
Median $401k
P75 $401k
P90 $461k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
+55%
+$142,283 vs 24-mo median ($259k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through August 2013
Salary change
+$301,000
Now: $401k
Prev: $100k
Change vs July 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 24 months through August 2013
1st highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+31% MoM
+2 pts vs July 2013
Top Skills Required
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python12% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js10% of jobs
- Java + JavaScript8% of jobs
- MySQL + Python8% of jobs
- Java + Python8% of jobs
- JavaScript + JQuery7% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Scala↑167%
- NGINX↑167%
- Objective-C↑133%
- Hadoop↑120%
- Node.Js↑92%
Declining skills
- EC2↓38%
- Cassandra↓25%
- Ruby On Rails↓19%
- HTML/CSS↓7%
- C↓0.3%
Stable Skills
- IOS±0.5%
- Git±0.5%
- Linux (Non-WSL)±0.7%
- Redis±0.7%
- UX/UI±0.8%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2013)
Location & Remote
58.9%Remote
-8.3 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2013
Work arrangement trend (23 months)
Based on 180 classified jobs (427 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
607 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
1 posts (0.2%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 607 job posts in August 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-0.7 pts
vs 23-month average remote share (59.6% avg); this month 58.9%
23-month remote share window through August 2013
Hybrid trend
-2.1 pts
vs 23-month average hybrid share (7.7% avg); this month 5.6%
23-month hybrid share window through August 2013
On-site trend
+2.9 pts
vs 23-month average on-site share (32.7% avg); this month 35.6%
23-month on-site share window through August 2013
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 23-month average sponsorship share (0.5% avg); this month 0.2%
23-month sponsorship share window through August 2013
Work arrangement and location data for August 2013
More sections for this monthly view will follow.