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October 2014
Hiring volume summary
811 Jobs
+27% MoM
+173 jobs from September 2014
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
659 Jobs
+23% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through October 2014
Absolute growth
+173 Jobs
Now: 811
Prev: 638
Net change vs September 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 7th
of 24 months through October 2014
7th highest job count in the 24-month window
Compensation
$200k Median Salary
Based on 50 of 811 jobs (6%) that listed compensation
-20.0% MoM
$-50,000 vs September 2014
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $25k
P25 $90k
Median $200k
P75 $401k
P90 $409k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
-7%
$-13,979 vs 24-mo median ($214k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through October 2014
Salary change
$-50,000
Now: $200k
Prev: $250k
Change vs September 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 10th
of 24 months through October 2014
10th highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+31% MoM
+0 pts vs September 2014
Top Skills Required
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS20% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript17% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python14% of jobs
- JavaScript + UX/UI11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails11% of jobs
- Ruby On Rails + IOS10% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Docker↑167%
- Elasticsearch↑133%
- MySQL↑121%
- Windows↑100%
- Angular↑80%
Declining skills
- Sass↓50%
- EC2↓40%
- LinkedIn↓40%
- D3.Js↓38%
- C↓33%
Stable Skills
- Node.Js±0.4%
- PostgreSQL±0.4%
- Django±0.4%
- Ruby On Rails±0.5%
- Ruby±0.5%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2014)
Location & Remote
52.2%Remote
-10.1 pct pts MoM
remote share vs September 2014
Work arrangement trend (24 months)
Based on 291 classified jobs (520 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
837 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
9 posts (1.1%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 811 job posts in October 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-7.0 pts
vs 24-month average remote share (59.2% avg); this month 52.2%
24-month remote share window through October 2014
Hybrid trend
-1.4 pts
vs 24-month average hybrid share (7.6% avg); this month 6.2%
24-month hybrid share window through October 2014
On-site trend
+8.4 pts
vs 24-month average on-site share (33.2% avg); this month 41.6%
24-month on-site share window through October 2014
Visa trend
+0.5 pts
vs 24-month average sponsorship share (0.7% avg); this month 1.1%
24-month sponsorship share window through October 2014
Work arrangement and location data for October 2014
More sections for this monthly view will follow.