Monthly ReportIssue № 172

January ’26

A cooler month with 587 postings, a median of $200k across 128 explicit salary samples, React leads the skills board.

Total Postings-32.8%vs December

587

jobs

11-Mo TrendMAR '25 → JAN '26

362 lowJanuary 2026874 peak

Hiring Jobs

587100.0%

Comp Data Points

128samples

Remote Share

51.0%

Top Skill

React

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 11-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 128 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD200K

+6.7%+$12,500 vs December 2025

25th

$175k

75th

$230k

90th

$250k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=128

Median · 11-Mo Trend

11-month arc

vs Baseline

+9.7%

+$17,705

§ 02Technical Skills

React stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 587 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

React

41mentions↓ 15%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01TypeScript-33%35

02Python-35%33

03Go-19%17

04Rust-46%7

05JavaScript-25%6

06C+25%5

07C++-20%4

08GraphQL-33%4

09PHP+300%4

10SQL-20%4

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript18%
Python + TypeScript12%
Python + React11%
PostgreSQL + TypeScript9%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React8%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

ReactTypeScriptPythonPostgreSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)3mo avg · React

71% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2026)

§ 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

51.0%

+5.7 ptsvs December 2025

Remote

51.0%

On-site / Hybrid

49.0%

Geographic Spread

12 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

370posts

02 United Kingdom

51posts

03 Canada

44posts

04 India

19posts

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

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 11 months

Visa Sponsorship

11 posts offer sponsorship

1.9%

Offer sponsorship

111.9%

Explicitly decline

111.9%

Don't mention

56596.3%

Based on 587 job posts in January 2026. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for January 2026 · 545 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

January across the last five years.

Jan 2026

CURRENT

587