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November 2012
Hiring volume summary
437 Jobs
-10% MoM
-49 jobs from October 2012
20-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
380 Jobs
+15% above historical avg (20mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 20-month average through November 2012
Absolute growth
-49 Jobs
Now: 437
Prev: 486
Net change vs October 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 6th
of 20 months through November 2012
6th highest job count in the 20-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 12 of 437 jobs (3%) that listed compensation
+167.3% MoM
+$251,000 vs October 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $50k
P25 $50k
Median $401k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 20-mo baseline
+47%
+$128,053 vs 20-mo median ($273k)
Comparison vs 20-month median through November 2012
Salary change
+$251,000
Now: $401k
Prev: $150k
Change vs October 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 20 months through November 2012
1st highest median salary in the 20-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-21% MoM
-1 pts vs October 2012
Top Skills Required
85% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS16% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript13% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python9% of jobs
- Android + JavaScript8% of jobs
- UX/UI + IOS8% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails8% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Ruby On Rails↑47%
- Ruby↑40%
- Objective-C↑33%
- Redis↑33%
- PostgreSQL↑20%
Declining skills
- Java↓59%
- Machine Learning↓56%
- Hadoop↓56%
- UX/UI↓43%
- C++↓40%
Stable Skills
- Node.Js±0.7%
- GitHub±0.7%
- MySQL±0.8%
- Django±0.8%
- Make±0.8%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through November 2012)
Location & Remote
53.3%Remote
+1.8 pct pts MoM
remote share vs October 2012
Work arrangement trend (19 months)
Based on 135 classified jobs (302 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
431 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts (0%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 437 job posts in November 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-5.9 pts
vs 19-month average remote share (59.2% avg); this month 53.3%
19-month remote share window through November 2012
Hybrid trend
+5.9 pts
vs 19-month average hybrid share (6.0% avg); this month 11.9%
19-month hybrid share window through November 2012
On-site trend
+0.0 pts
vs 19-month average on-site share (34.8% avg); this month 34.8%
19-month on-site share window through November 2012
Visa trend
-0.4 pts
vs 19-month average sponsorship share (0.4% avg); this month 0.0%
19-month sponsorship share window through November 2012
Work arrangement and location data for November 2012
More sections for this monthly view will follow.