Monthly ReportIssue № 167
August ’25
A cooler month with 389 postings, a median of $179k across 89 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.
Total Postings-18.1%vs July
389
jobs
6-Mo TrendMAR '25 → AUG '25
362 lowAugust 2025482 peak
Hiring Jobs
389100.0%
Comp Data Points
89samples
Remote Share
53.3%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00 Hiring Volume · 6-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 89 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD179K
-4.8%$-9,000 vs July 2025
25th
$143k
75th
$200k
90th
$210k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=89
Median · 6-Mo Trend
6-month arc
vs Baseline
-0.3%
$-625
§ 02Technical Skills
Python stays the language most asked for.
Keywords counted across 389 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python45mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01Python+29%45
02TypeScript-13%34
03Go-12%21
04JavaScript+38%11
05Rust+0%11
06C+0%4
07GraphQL-20%4
08Ruby+0%4
09C#+0%3
10C++-40%3
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- React + TypeScript21%
- Python + TypeScript17%
- PostgreSQL + TypeScript14%
- Python + React13%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python12%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript11%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
PythonReactTypeScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)Go3mo avg · Python
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2025)
§ 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
53.3%
+0.5 ptsvs July 2025
Remote
53.3%
On-site / Hybrid
46.7%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
248posts
02 Canada
15posts
03 EU
10posts
04 Germany
6posts
302 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 6 months
Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
112.8%
Explicitly decline
20.5%
Don't mention
37696.7%
Based on 389 job posts in August 2025. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for August 2025 · 366 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
August across the last five years.
Aug 2025
CURRENT
389