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September 2011
Hiring volume summary
394 Jobs
+2% MoM
+8 jobs from August 2011
6-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
405 Jobs
-3% below historical avg (6mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 6-month average through September 2011
Absolute growth
+8 Jobs
Now: 394
Prev: 386
Net change vs August 2011
Historical strength
Rank: 5th
of 6 months through September 2011
5th highest job count in the 6-month window
Compensation
$40k Median Salary
Based on 30 of 394 jobs (8%) that listed compensation
-52.4% MoM
$-44,000 vs August 2011
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $25k
P25 $40k
Median $40k
P75 $225k
P90 $401k >
Vs 6-mo baseline
-80%
$-163,083 vs 6-mo median ($203k)
Comparison vs 6-month median through September 2011
Salary change
$-44,000
Now: $40k
Prev: $84k
Change vs August 2011
Historical strength
Rank: 6th
of 6 months through September 2011
6th highest median salary in the 6-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+0% MoM
0 pts vs August 2011
Top Skills Required
83% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Java + Python12% of jobs
- Ruby + Ruby On Rails11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
- Django + Python10% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + Python9% of jobs
- PHP + Python8% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Redis↑100%
- C↑100%
- C++↑67%
- Python↑25%
- Ruby On Rails↑22%
Declining skills
- Perl↓67%
- IOS↓57%
- Git↓55%
- PostgreSQL↓50%
- HTML/CSS↓43%
Stable Skills
- SQL±0.3%
- Scala±0.3%
- Django±0.4%
- MongoDB±0.4%
- Python±0.5%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2011)
Location & Remote
69.5%Remote
+15.2 pct pts MoM
remote share vs August 2011
Work arrangement trend (6 months)
Based on 105 classified jobs (289 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
427 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
2 posts (0.5%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 394 job posts in September 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+5.1 pts
vs 6-month average remote share (64.4% avg); this month 69.5%
6-month remote share window through September 2011
Hybrid trend
+3.7 pts
vs 6-month average hybrid share (2.0% avg); this month 5.7%
6-month hybrid share window through September 2011
On-site trend
-8.8 pts
vs 6-month average on-site share (33.6% avg); this month 24.8%
6-month on-site share window through September 2011
Visa trend
+0.3 pts
vs 6-month average sponsorship share (0.2% avg); this month 0.5%
6-month sponsorship share window through September 2011
Work arrangement and location data for September 2011
More sections for this monthly view will follow.