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May 2015
Hiring volume summary
1,540 Jobs
-11% MoM
-182 jobs from April 2015
3-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,429 Jobs
+8% above historical avg (3mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 3-month average through May 2015
Absolute growth
-182 Jobs
Now: 1,540
Prev: 1,722
Net change vs April 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 3 months through May 2015
2nd highest job count in the 3-month window
Compensation
$165k Median Salary
Based on 89 of 1,540 jobs (6%) that listed compensation
+34.7% MoM
+$42,500 vs April 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $70k
P25 $95k
Median $165k
P75 $401k
P90 $528k >
Vs 3-mo baseline
+26%
+$34,167 vs 3-mo median ($131k)
Comparison vs 3-month median through May 2015
Salary change
+$42,500
Now: $165k
Prev: $123k
Change vs April 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 3 months through May 2015
1st highest median salary in the 3-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-4% MoM
+0 pts vs April 2015
Top Skills Required
61% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails6% of jobs
- Java + JavaScript6% of jobs
- Ruby + Ruby On Rails6% of jobs
- Go + Python5% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- R↑80%
- NGINX↑50%
- Django↑41%
- Firebase↑33%
- X↑33%
Declining skills
- C#↓58%
- LinkedIn↓57%
- AngularJS↓43%
- Docker↓42%
- Perl↓40%
Stable Skills
- Ruby±0.1%
- PHP±0.1%
- JQuery±0.1%
- C±0.1%
- React±0.1%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2015)
Location & Remote
51.3%Remote
-16.2 pct pts MoM
remote share vs April 2015
Work arrangement trend (3 months)
Based on 478 classified jobs (1062 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1647 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
9 posts (0.6%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1540 job posts in May 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-5.6 pts
vs 3-month average remote share (56.9% avg); this month 51.3%
3-month remote share window through May 2015
Hybrid trend
+0.9 pts
vs 3-month average hybrid share (6.0% avg); this month 6.9%
3-month hybrid share window through May 2015
On-site trend
+4.7 pts
vs 3-month average on-site share (37.1% avg); this month 41.8%
3-month on-site share window through May 2015
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 3-month average sponsorship share (0.9% avg); this month 0.6%
3-month sponsorship share window through May 2015
Work arrangement and location data for May 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.