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
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
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
Python
45mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01Python+29%45
02TypeScript—34
03Go—21
04JavaScript+38%11
05Rust—11
06C—4
07GraphQL—4
08Ruby—4
09C#—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

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 breakdown coming soon.

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 6 months

Work arrangement and location data for August 2025 · 366 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

August across the last five years.

Aug 2025
CURRENT
389