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December 2014
Hiring volume summary
989 Jobs
+32% MoM
+239 jobs from November 2014
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
692 Jobs
+43% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through December 2014
Absolute growth
+239 Jobs
Now: 989
Prev: 750
Net change vs November 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 3rd
of 24 months through December 2014
3rd highest job count in the 24-month window
Compensation
$250k Median Salary
Based on 58 of 989 jobs (6%) that listed compensation
+25.0% MoM
+$50,000 vs November 2014
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $25k
P25 $100k
Median $250k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
+18%
+$37,312 vs 24-mo median ($213k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through December 2014
Salary change
+$50,000
Now: $250k
Prev: $200k
Change vs November 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 7th
of 24 months through December 2014
7th highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+30% MoM
0 pts vs November 2014
Top Skills Required
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS20% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript16% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python16% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS13% of jobs
- Android + JavaScript10% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js10% of jobs
Trending Skills
- C↑143%
- Bitbucket↑100%
- AngularJS↑92%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)↑90%
- Docker↑83%
Declining skills
- Flask↓43%
- Linux (Non-WSL)↓8%
- C++↓8%
- Ruby On Rails↓1.1%
- Ruby↓0.6%
Stable Skills
- Ruby±0.4%
- Redis±0.4%
- Make±0.4%
- JQuery±0.4%
- UX/UI±0.5%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 2014)
Location & Remote
50.9%Remote
-6.5 pct pts MoM
remote share vs November 2014
Work arrangement trend (24 months)
Based on 346 classified jobs (643 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1084 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
7 posts (0.7%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 989 job posts in December 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-8.2 pts
vs 24-month average remote share (59.1% avg); this month 50.9%
24-month remote share window through December 2014
Hybrid trend
+0.2 pts
vs 24-month average hybrid share (6.7% avg); this month 6.9%
24-month hybrid share window through December 2014
On-site trend
+8.0 pts
vs 24-month average on-site share (34.2% avg); this month 42.2%
24-month on-site share window through December 2014
Visa trend
-0.0 pts
vs 24-month average sponsorship share (0.7% avg); this month 0.7%
24-month sponsorship share window through December 2014
Work arrangement and location data for December 2014
More sections for this monthly view will follow.