Monthly ReportIssue № 171

December ’25

A surge with 874 postings, a median of $188k across 202 explicit salary samples, TypeScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+69.7%vs November

874

jobs

10-Mo TrendMAR '25 → DEC '25

362 lowDecember 2025874 peak

Hiring Jobs

874100.0%

Comp Data Points

202samples

Remote Share

45.3%

Top Skill

TypeScript

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 10-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 202 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD188K

+4.2%+$7,500 vs November 2025

25th

$150k

75th

$203k

90th

$244k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=202

Median · 10-Mo Trend

10-month arc

vs Baseline

+3.9%

+$6,975

§ 02Technical Skills

TypeScript stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 874 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

TypeScript

52mentions↑ 8%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01TypeScript+8%52

02Python+19%51

03Go-34%21

04Rust+18%13

05JavaScript-11%8

06C#+133%7

07Java+0%7

08GraphQL—6

09C+++67%5

10SQL-17%5

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript17%
Python + TypeScript13%
Python + React10%
PostgreSQL + TypeScript8%
PostgreSQL + React8%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript7%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

TypeScriptPythonReactPostgreSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)3mo avg · TypeScript

69% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 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

45.3%

-9.4 ptsvs November 2025

Remote

45.3%

On-site / Hybrid

54.7%

Geographic Spread

12 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

588posts

02 Canada

104posts

03 United Kingdom

81posts

04 Germany

53posts

968 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 10 months

Visa Sponsorship

21 posts offer sponsorship

2.4%

Offer sponsorship

212.4%

Explicitly decline

60.7%

Don't mention

84796.9%

Based on 874 job posts in December 2025. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for December 2025 · 836 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

December across the last five years.

Dec 2025

CURRENT

874