Monthly ReportIssue № 103

April ’20

A cooler month with 1,156 postings, a median of $113k across 90 explicit salary samples, React leads the skills board.

Total Postings-29.9%vs March
1,156
jobs
24-Mo TrendMAY '18 → APR '20
1,156 lowApril 20202,282 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,156100.0%
Comp Data Points
90samples
Remote Share
51.7%
Top Skill
React
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 90 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD113K
-33.8%$-57,500 vs March 2020
25th
$40k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=90
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-19.9%
$-27,917
§ 02Technical Skills

React stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,156 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
React
42mentions↓ 56%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
React-56%
42
02
Python-39%
41
03
AWS-49%
33
04
JavaScript-45%
29
05
PostgreSQL-46%
28
06
TypeScript-40%
25
07
Node.Js-59%
21
08
Go+0%
19
09
HTML/CSS+0%
16
10
Java-35%
15
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Next.Js+33%
  • 02Apache Kafka+25%
  • 03Terraform+10%
  • 04Vue.Js+9%
Cooling
  • 01MySQL-77%
  • 02Redux-69%
  • 03Django-67%
  • 04Docker-65%
  • 05MongoDB-62%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Python + React11%
  • React + TypeScript10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React9%
  • PostgreSQL + React9%
  • Node.Js + React8%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

57% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2020)

§ 03Location & Remote

Remote plateaus at just under half of all postings.

A reversal from the 2022 peak, but still the dominant arrangement across hiring threads.
Remote Share
51.7%
+16.2 ptsvs March 2020
Remote
51.7%
On-site / Hybrid
48.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 806 jobs806Europe (EU): 191 jobs191United Kingdom: 135 jobs135Canada: 64 jobs64Asia: 49 jobs49Australia / NZ: 23 jobs23Latin America: 15 jobs15
01 United States
797posts
02 United Kingdom
135posts
03 Germany
89posts
04 Canada
64posts

1,283 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
10 posts offer sponsorship
0.9%
Offer sponsorship
100.9%
Explicitly decline
20.2%
Don't mention
114499.0%

Based on 1156 job posts in April 2020. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for April 2020 · 1043 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

April across the last five years.

Apr 2016
1,395
Apr 2017
1,546
Apr 2018
2,050
Apr 2019
1,862
Apr 2020
CURRENT
1,156