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August 2014
Hiring volume summary
1,136 Jobs
+13% MoM
+133 jobs from July 2014
5-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
965 Jobs
+18% above historical avg (5mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 5-month average through August 2014
Absolute growth
+133 Jobs
Now: 1,136
Prev: 1,003
Net change vs July 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 5 months through August 2014
1st highest job count in the 5-month window
Compensation
$200k Median Salary
Based on 46 of 1,136 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+0.0% MoM
+$0 vs July 2014
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $50k
P25 $58k
Median $200k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 5-mo baseline
-6%
$-12,400 vs 5-mo median ($212k)
Comparison vs 5-month median through August 2014
Salary change
+$0
Now: $200k
Prev: $200k
Change vs July 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 5 months through August 2014
2nd highest median salary in the 5-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+48% MoM
+2 pts vs July 2014
Top Skills Required
84% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python13% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js9% of jobs
- Java + JavaScript8% of jobs
- Go + Python8% of jobs
- Node.Js + Python8% of jobs
- Java + Python7% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Windows↑175%
- Go↑133%
- React↑133%
- Angular↑109%
- Perl↑100%
Declining skills
- Express↓40%
- Hacker News↓40%
- NGINX↓25%
- Eclipse↓25%
- Cassandra↓25%
Stable Skills
- Ruby On Rails±0.2%
- Node.Js±0.2%
- Redis±0.2%
- Django±0.2%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)±0.3%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2014)
Location & Remote
60.1%Remote
-1.9 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2014
Work arrangement trend (5 months)
Based on 406 classified jobs (730 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1169 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
10 posts (0.9%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1136 job posts in August 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+0.1 pts
vs 5-month average remote share (60.0% avg); this month 60.1%
5-month remote share window through August 2014
Hybrid trend
-2.0 pts
vs 5-month average hybrid share (6.4% avg); this month 4.4%
5-month hybrid share window through August 2014
On-site trend
+1.9 pts
vs 5-month average on-site share (33.6% avg); this month 35.5%
5-month on-site share window through August 2014
Visa trend
+0.1 pts
vs 5-month average sponsorship share (0.8% avg); this month 0.9%
5-month sponsorship share window through August 2014
Work arrangement and location data for August 2014
More sections for this monthly view will follow.