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October 2013

Hiring volume summary

848 Jobs

+78% MoM

+371 jobs from September 2013

2-MONTH hiring volume trend

Monthly volume3mo rolling avg

Market anchor

663 Jobs

+28% above historical avg (2mo)

MeanThis month

Vs 2-month average through October 2013

Absolute growth

+371 Jobs

Now: 848

Prev: 477

Net change vs September 2013

Historical strength

Rank: 1st

of 2 months through October 2013

1st highest job count in the 2-month window

Compensation

$150k Median Salary

Based on 59 of 848 jobs (7%) that listed compensation

+51.5% MoM

+$51,000 vs September 2013

Median salary trend

Median salary3mo rolling avg

Salary distribution

P10 $20k

P25 $32k

Median $150k

P75 $331k

P90 $401k >

Vs 2-mo baseline

+20%

+$25,500 vs 2-mo median ($125k)

Comparison vs 2-month median through October 2013

Salary change

+$51,000

Now: $150k

Prev: $99k

Change vs September 2013

Historical strength

Rank: 1st

of 2 months through October 2013

1st highest median salary in the 2-month window

Technical Skills Overview

JavaScriptTop Skill

+78% MoM

+0 pts vs September 2013

Top Skills Required

JavaScript8%
Ruby On Rails6%
Python5%
Ruby4%
Make3%
JQuery3%
MySQL3%
PHP2%
Java2%
Go2%

74% of jobs include at least one technical skill

Common Skill Stacks

Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs

  • JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
  • Node.Js + Python8% of jobs
  • JavaScript + Ruby7% of jobs
  • PHP + Python7% of jobs
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails7% of jobs
  • Ruby + Ruby On Rails7% of jobs

Trending Skills

  • Ruby363%
  • JQuery243%
  • PHP163%
  • NGINX150%
  • C140%

Declining skills

  • SQL56%
  • Django38%
  • Angular27%
  • C++25%
  • Windows25%

Stable Skills

No stable skills available.

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2013)

Location & Remote

47.6%Remote

-0.7 pct pts MoM

remote share vs September 2013

47.6%Remote(101)
16.5%Hybrid(35)
35.8%On-site(76)
Regional: 10Global: 17Unspecified: 74

Work arrangement trend (2 months)

RemoteHybridOn-site

Based on 212 classified jobs (636 unspecified excluded)

Where Jobs Are

United States: 668 jobs668Europe (EU): 73 jobs73United Kingdom: 70 jobs70Canada: 41 jobs41Asia: 18 jobs18Latin America: 6 jobs6Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4
United States
66875.9%
Europe (EU)
738.3%
United Kingdom
708%
Canada
414.7%
Asia
182%
Latin America
60.7%
Australia / NZ
40.5%

880 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Top Countries

1United States658
2United Kingdom70
3Canada41
4Germany22
5Ireland11
6Denmark7
7Spain7
8India7
9Netherlands7
10Poland5
11Australia4
12Norway4

Visa Sponsorship

12 posts (1.4%)

explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month

Offer sponsorship121.4%
Explicitly decline20.2%
Don't mention it83498.3%

Based on 848 job posts in October 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Remote trend

-0.4 pts

vs 2-month average remote share (48.0% avg); this month 47.6%

2-month remote share window through October 2013

Hybrid trend

+6.3 pts

vs 2-month average hybrid share (10.3% avg); this month 16.5%

2-month hybrid share window through October 2013

On-site trend

-5.9 pts

vs 2-month average on-site share (41.7% avg); this month 35.8%

2-month on-site share window through October 2013

Visa trend

-0.1 pts

vs 2-month average sponsorship share (1.5% avg); this month 1.4%

2-month sponsorship share window through October 2013

Work arrangement and location data for October 2013

More sections for this monthly view will follow.