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January 2014
Hiring volume summary
445 Jobs
-26% MoM
-160 jobs from December 2013
5-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
627 Jobs
-29% below historical avg (5mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 5-month average through January 2014
Absolute growth
-160 Jobs
Now: 445
Prev: 605
Net change vs December 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 5th
of 5 months through January 2014
5th highest job count in the 5-month window
Compensation
$200k Median Salary
Based on 36 of 445 jobs (8%) that listed compensation
+100.0% MoM
+$100,000 vs December 2013
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $82k
P25 $100k
Median $200k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 5-mo baseline
+25%
+$40,200 vs 5-mo median ($160k)
Comparison vs 5-month median through January 2014
Salary change
+$100,000
Now: $200k
Prev: $100k
Change vs December 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 5 months through January 2014
2nd highest median salary in the 5-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+19% MoM
+4 pts vs December 2013
Top Skills Required
83% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python9% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails7% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby6% of jobs
- JavaScript + Make6% of jobs
- JavaScript + MySQL5% of jobs
- Angular + JavaScript5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- PHP↑117%
- HTML/CSS↑100%
- JQuery↑86%
- Go↑40%
- SQL↑33%
Declining skills
- Hadoop↓56%
- C↓50%
- Heroku↓43%
- NGINX↓40%
- GitHub↓33%
Stable Skills
- MongoDB±0.2%
- Node.Js±0.2%
- GitHub±0.2%
- PostgreSQL±0.3%
- AngularJS±0.3%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2014)
Location & Remote
64.7%Remote
+7.5 pct pts MoM
remote share vs December 2013
Work arrangement trend (5 months)
Based on 136 classified jobs (309 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
455 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
6 posts (1.3%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 445 job posts in January 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+9.0 pts
vs 5-month average remote share (55.7% avg); this month 64.7%
5-month remote share window through January 2014
Hybrid trend
-2.1 pts
vs 5-month average hybrid share (8.7% avg); this month 6.6%
5-month hybrid share window through January 2014
On-site trend
-6.9 pts
vs 5-month average on-site share (35.6% avg); this month 28.7%
5-month on-site share window through January 2014
Visa trend
+0.4 pts
vs 5-month average sponsorship share (0.9% avg); this month 1.3%
5-month sponsorship share window through January 2014
Work arrangement and location data for January 2014
More sections for this monthly view will follow.