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February 2016
Hiring volume summary
1,547 Jobs
+77% MoM
+673 jobs from January 2016
5-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,276 Jobs
+21% above historical avg (5mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 5-month average through February 2016
Absolute growth
+673 Jobs
Now: 1,547
Prev: 874
Net change vs January 2016
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 5 months through February 2016
2nd highest job count in the 5-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 126 of 1,547 jobs (8%) that listed compensation
+0.0% MoM
+$0 vs January 2016
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $67k
P25 $150k
Median $401k
P75 $401k
P90 $500k >
Vs 5-mo baseline
+21%
+$70,400 vs 5-mo median ($331k)
Comparison vs 5-month median through February 2016
Salary change
+$0
Now: $401k
Prev: $401k
Change vs January 2016
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 5 months through February 2016
1st highest median salary in the 5-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+26% MoM
-2 pts vs January 2016
Top Skills Required
59% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python9% of jobs
- C++ + Python7% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python6% of jobs
- Go + Python6% of jobs
- Python + React6% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + JavaScript5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Scala↑300%
- C↑143%
- Elasticsearch↑140%
- Cassandra↑133%
- Redis↑130%
Declining skills
- D3.Js↓40%
- LinkedIn↓33%
- TypeScript↓25%
- HTML/CSS↓25%
- Swift↓25%
Stable Skills
- Java±0.1%
- MySQL±0.1%
- MongoDB±0.1%
- PHP±0.2%
- Docker±0.2%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through February 2016)
Location & Remote
25.4%Remote
+0.7 pct pts MoM
remote share vs January 2016
Work arrangement trend (5 months)
Based on 1229 classified jobs (318 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1658 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
13 posts (0.8%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1547 job posts in February 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-0.7 pts
vs 5-month average remote share (26.1% avg); this month 25.4%
5-month remote share window through February 2016
Hybrid trend
-0.1 pts
vs 5-month average hybrid share (4.2% avg); this month 4.1%
5-month hybrid share window through February 2016
On-site trend
+0.8 pts
vs 5-month average on-site share (69.7% avg); this month 70.5%
5-month on-site share window through February 2016
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 5-month average sponsorship share (1.1% avg); this month 0.8%
5-month sponsorship share window through February 2016
Work arrangement and location data for February 2016
More sections for this monthly view will follow.