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August 2015
Hiring volume summary
1,711 Jobs
-14% MoM
-288 jobs from July 2015
6-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,571 Jobs
+9% above historical avg (6mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 6-month average through August 2015
Absolute growth
-288 Jobs
Now: 1,711
Prev: 1,999
Net change vs July 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 3rd
of 6 months through August 2015
3rd highest job count in the 6-month window
Compensation
$130k Median Salary
Based on 63 of 1,711 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
-56.7% MoM
$-170,000 vs July 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $30k
P25 $50k
Median $130k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 6-mo baseline
-20%
$-32,083 vs 6-mo median ($162k)
Comparison vs 6-month median through August 2015
Salary change
$-170,000
Now: $130k
Prev: $300k
Change vs July 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 6 months through August 2015
4th highest median salary in the 6-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-7% MoM
+1 pts vs July 2015
Top Skills Required
72% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js7% of jobs
- Django + Python6% of jobs
- Java + JavaScript5% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5% of jobs
- Python + React5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- S3↑100%
- WordPress↑75%
- RabbitMQ↑60%
- Scala↑43%
- Clojure↑38%
Declining skills
- HTML/CSS↓57%
- Perl↓57%
- Express↓50%
- Laravel↓50%
- D3.Js↓33%
Stable Skills
- C±0.2%
- PHP±0.2%
- MongoDB±0.2%
- Make±0.2%
- Angular±0.2%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2015)
Location & Remote
25.8%Remote
+0.1 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2015
Work arrangement trend (6 months)
Based on 1181 classified jobs (530 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1829 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
18 posts (1.1%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1711 job posts in August 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-17.4 pts
vs 6-month average remote share (43.2% avg); this month 25.8%
6-month remote share window through August 2015
Hybrid trend
-0.5 pts
vs 6-month average hybrid share (5.5% avg); this month 5.0%
6-month hybrid share window through August 2015
On-site trend
+17.9 pts
vs 6-month average on-site share (51.3% avg); this month 69.2%
6-month on-site share window through August 2015
Visa trend
+0.1 pts
vs 6-month average sponsorship share (1.0% avg); this month 1.1%
6-month sponsorship share window through August 2015
Work arrangement and location data for August 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.