Monthly ReportIssue № 17

February ’13

A surge with 496 postings, a median of $401k across 10 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+26.9%vs January
496
jobs
23-Mo TrendAPR '11 → FEB '13
0 lowFebruary 2013504 peak
Hiring Jobs
496100.0%
Comp Data Points
10samples
Remote Share
66.1%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 23-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 10 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+0.0%+$0 vs January 2013
25th
$24k
75th
$476k
90th
$700k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=10
Median · 23-Mo Trend
23-month arc
vs Baseline
+45.4%
+$125,182
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 496 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
26mentions↓ 4%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-4%
26
02
Python+10%
22
03
HTML/CSS-10%
18
04
Java+7%
15
05
Ruby On Rails-14%
12
06
PHP-50%
9
07
Ruby-56%
8
08
Make+0%
8
09
PostgreSQL+0%
8
10
JQuery-12%
7
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Machine Learning+67%
  • 02Hadoop+33%
  • 03RabbitMQ+33%
  • 04Python+10%
  • 05Java+7%
Cooling
  • 01Scala-62%
  • 02Django-62%
  • 03MongoDB-60%
  • 04Ruby-56%
  • 05PHP-50%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS19%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript10%
  • JavaScript + IOS9%
  • Ruby On Rails + IOS8%
  • Machine Learning + IOS8%
  • Android + Java7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

63% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through February 2013)

§ 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
66.1%
+5.4 ptsvs January 2013
Remote
66.1%
On-site / Hybrid
33.9%
Geographic Spread
10 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 407 jobs407United Kingdom: 68 jobs68Canada: 46 jobs46Europe (EU): 21 jobs21Asia: 9 jobs9
01 United States
407posts
02 United Kingdom
68posts
03 Canada
46posts
04 Germany
8posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 22 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
496100.0%

Based on 496 job posts in February 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for February 2013 · 192 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

February across the last five years.

Feb 2012
401
Feb 2013
CURRENT
496