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January 2013
Hiring volume summary
391 Jobs
-22% MoM
-113 jobs from December 2012
22-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
386 Jobs
+1% above historical avg (22mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 22-month average through January 2013
Absolute growth
-113 Jobs
Now: 391
Prev: 504
Net change vs December 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 17th
of 22 months through January 2013
17th highest job count in the 22-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 10 of 391 jobs (3%) that listed compensation
+401.3% MoM
+$321,000 vs December 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $42k
P25 $175k
Median $401k
P75 $476k
P90 $700k >
Vs 22-mo baseline
+49%
+$131,143 vs 22-mo median ($270k)
Comparison vs 22-month median through January 2013
Salary change
+$321,000
Now: $401k
Prev: $80k
Change vs December 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 22 months through January 2013
1st highest median salary in the 22-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+8% MoM
+2 pts vs December 2012
Top Skills Required
90% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript17% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python16% of jobs
- Android + IOS13% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails10% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + Python9% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS9% of jobs
Trending Skills
- NGINX↑133%
- Scala↑100%
- Django↑100%
- PHP↑80%
- MySQL↑67%
Declining skills
- Redis↓50%
- C#↓50%
- Hadoop↓40%
- UX/UI↓36%
- Make↓33%
Stable Skills
- SQL±0.4%
- MySQL±0.5%
- Make±0.5%
- UX/UI±0.5%
- MongoDB±0.6%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2013)
Location & Remote
60.8%Remote
+2.7 pct pts MoM
remote share vs December 2012
Work arrangement trend (21 months)
Based on 102 classified jobs (289 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
392 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
3 posts (0.8%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 391 job posts in January 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+1.6 pts
vs 21-month average remote share (59.2% avg); this month 60.8%
21-month remote share window through January 2013
Hybrid trend
-1.0 pts
vs 21-month average hybrid share (6.9% avg); this month 5.9%
21-month hybrid share window through January 2013
On-site trend
-0.7 pts
vs 21-month average on-site share (34.0% avg); this month 33.3%
21-month on-site share window through January 2013
Visa trend
+0.4 pts
vs 21-month average sponsorship share (0.4% avg); this month 0.8%
21-month sponsorship share window through January 2013
Work arrangement and location data for January 2013
More sections for this monthly view will follow.