Monthly ReportIssue № 123

December ’21

A cooler month with 2,235 postings, a median of $100k across 179 explicit salary samples, React leads the skills board.

Total Postings-10.2%vs November
2,235
jobs
6-Mo TrendJUL '21 → DEC '21
2,235 lowDecember 20212,493 peak
Hiring Jobs
2,235100.0%
Comp Data Points
179samples
Remote Share
78.7%
Top Skill
React
§ 00   Hiring Volume · 6-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 179 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD100K
-28.6%$-40,000 vs November 2021
25th
$50k
75th
$240k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=179
Median · 6-Mo Trend
6-month arc
vs Baseline
-21.8%
$-27,958
§ 02Technical Skills

React stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 2,235 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
React
77mentions↓ 33%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01TypeScript-15%55
02Python-26%51
03JavaScript-24%41
04Go-24%31
05GraphQL+0%20
06Rust+58%19
07Java-27%16
08C+++0%14
09C#-20%12
10PHP-29%12
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React12%
  • Python + React12%
  • React + TypeScript11%
  • PostgreSQL + React9%
  • Node.Js + React8%
  • JavaScript + Python7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

41% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 2021)

§ 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
78.7%
-3.7 ptsvs November 2021
Remote
78.7%
On-site / Hybrid
21.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1339 jobs1339Europe (EU): 506 jobs506Canada: 249 jobs249United Kingdom: 222 jobs222Asia: 71 jobs71Australia / NZ: 51 jobs51Latin America: 51 jobs51Africa: 3 jobs3
01 United States
1,333posts
02 Canada
249posts
03 Germany
240posts
04 United Kingdom
222posts

2,492 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 6 months
Visa Sponsorship
30 posts offer sponsorship
1.3%
Offer sponsorship
301.3%
Explicitly decline
40.2%
Don't mention
220198.5%

Based on 2235 job posts in December 2021. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for December 2021 · 2139 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

December across the last five years.

Dec 2021
CURRENT
2,235