Monthly ReportIssue № 10

July ’12

A cooler month with 326 postings, a median of $251k across 14 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-31.1%vs June
326
jobs
16-Mo TrendAPR '11 → JUL '12
0 lowJuly 2012493 peak
Hiring Jobs
326100.0%
Comp Data Points
14samples
Remote Share
59.0%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 16-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 14 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD251K
+25.3%+$50,500 vs June 2012
25th
$100k
75th
$401k
90th
$601k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=14
Median · 16-Mo Trend
16-month arc
vs Baseline
-10.0%
$-27,767
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 326 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
41mentions↑ 52%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+52%
41
02
Python-15%
23
03
Ruby On Rails+5%
22
04
HTML/CSS-12%
21
05
Ruby+11%
21
06
Java+75%
14
07
PHP-22%
14
08
JQuery+0%
13
09
PostgreSQL+200%
12
10
Redis+57%
11
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01PostgreSQL+200%
  • 02Java+75%
  • 03AWS+67%
  • 04Redis+57%
  • 05JavaScript+52%
Cooling
  • 01Machine Learning-50%
  • 02SQL-40%
  • 03Sass-40%
  • 04Make-30%
  • 05Node.Js-27%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python16%
  • Django + Python13%
  • Android + IOS13%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript12%
  • JavaScript + JQuery12%
  • JavaScript + IOS10%
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 July 2012)

§ 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
59.0%
-3.7 ptsvs June 2012
Remote
59.0%
On-site / Hybrid
41.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 271 jobs271Europe (EU): 26 jobs26United Kingdom: 16 jobs16Canada: 11 jobs11Asia: 6 jobs6
01 United States
271posts
02 United Kingdom
16posts
03 Canada
11posts
04 Netherlands
6posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 15 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
326100.0%

Based on 326 job posts in July 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for July 2012 · 78 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

July across the last five years.

Jul 2011
424
Jul 2012
CURRENT
326