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September 2012
Hiring volume summary
430 Jobs
-6% MoM
-26 jobs from August 2012
18-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
371 Jobs
+16% above historical avg (18mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 18-month average through September 2012
Absolute growth
-26 Jobs
Now: 430
Prev: 456
Net change vs August 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 5th
of 18 months through September 2012
5th highest job count in the 18-month window
Compensation
$60k Median Salary
Based on 13 of 430 jobs (3%) that listed compensation
-85.0% MoM
$-341,000 vs August 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $39k
P25 $55k
Median $60k
P75 $100k
P90 $381k >
Vs 18-mo baseline
-78%
$-212,647 vs 18-mo median ($273k)
Comparison vs 18-month median through September 2012
Salary change
$-341,000
Now: $60k
Prev: $401k
Change vs August 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 15th
of 18 months through September 2012
15th highest median salary in the 18-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-49% MoM
-5 pts vs August 2012
Top Skills Required
74% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS15% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript14% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS13% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
- JavaScript + JQuery9% of jobs
- Java + JavaScript8% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Scala↑50%
- C#↑40%
- C++↑25%
- Make↑20%
Declining skills
- Android↓79%
- Redis↓75%
- MongoDB↓69%
- Ruby On Rails↓57%
- Django↓56%
Stable Skills
- Machine Learning±0.6%
- SQL±0.6%
- IOS±0.9%
- Make±1%
- UX/UI±1%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2012)
Location & Remote
53.4%Remote
+7.7 pct pts MoM
remote share vs August 2012
Work arrangement trend (17 months)
Based on 131 classified jobs (299 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
466 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 430 job posts in September 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-6.6 pts
vs 17-month average remote share (60.0% avg); this month 53.4%
17-month remote share window through September 2012
Hybrid trend
+3.4 pts
vs 17-month average hybrid share (5.8% avg); this month 9.2%
17-month hybrid share window through September 2012
On-site trend
+3.1 pts
vs 17-month average on-site share (34.3% avg); this month 37.4%
17-month on-site share window through September 2012
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 17-month average sponsorship share (0.3% avg); this month 0.0%
17-month sponsorship share window through September 2012
Work arrangement and location data for September 2012
More sections for this monthly view will follow.