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October 2013
Hiring volume summary
848 Jobs
+78% MoM
+371 jobs from September 2013
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
452 Jobs
+88% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through October 2013
Absolute growth
+371 Jobs
Now: 848
Prev: 477
Net change vs September 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 24 months through October 2013
1st highest job count in the 24-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
Salary distribution
P10 $20k
P25 $32k
Median $150k
P75 $331k
P90 $401k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
-40%
$-100,370 vs 24-mo median ($250k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through October 2013
Salary change
+$51,000
Now: $150k
Prev: $99k
Change vs September 2013
Historical strength
Rank: 15th
of 24 months through October 2013
15th highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+78% MoM
+0 pts vs September 2013
Top Skills Required
91% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS17% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
- JavaScript + UX/UI9% of jobs
- Node.Js + Python8% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript8% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby7% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Ruby↑363%
- Sass↑267%
- JQuery↑243%
- PHP↑163%
- NGINX↑150%
Declining skills
- SQL↓56%
- Django↓38%
- Angular↓27%
- C++↓25%
- Windows↓25%
Stable Skills
- Git±0.4%
- GitHub±0.5%
- Go±0.6%
- Linux (Non-WSL)±0.7%
- PostgreSQL±0.7%
Skill Trends
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
Work arrangement trend (23 months)
Based on 212 classified jobs (636 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
880 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
12 posts (1.4%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 848 job posts in October 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-10.5 pts
vs 23-month average remote share (58.1% avg); this month 47.6%
23-month remote share window through October 2013
Hybrid trend
+9.5 pts
vs 23-month average hybrid share (7.0% avg); this month 16.5%
23-month hybrid share window through October 2013
On-site trend
+0.9 pts
vs 23-month average on-site share (34.9% avg); this month 35.8%
23-month on-site share window through October 2013
Visa trend
+0.9 pts
vs 23-month average sponsorship share (0.5% avg); this month 1.4%
23-month sponsorship share window through October 2013
Work arrangement and location data for October 2013
More sections for this monthly view will follow.