Monthly ReportIssue № 57

June ’16

A surge with 1,700 postings, a median of $135k across 159 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+9.3%vs May
1,700
jobs
9-Mo TrendOCT '15 → JUN '16
874 lowJune 20161,700 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,700100.0%
Comp Data Points
159samples
Remote Share
22.8%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 9-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 159 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD135K
+17.4%+$20,000 vs May 2016
25th
$95k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=159
Median · 9-Mo Trend
9-month arc
vs Baseline
-45.7%
$-113,667
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,700 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
87mentions↓ 6%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-6%
87
02
Python+18%
71
03
React+25%
64
04
Ruby On Rails+59%
51
05
PostgreSQL+37%
48
06
AWS-15%
47
07
Java+5%
45
08
Node.Js+22%
45
09
Go+13%
43
10
Ruby+44%
39
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Haskell+125%
  • 02Kubernetes+100%
  • 03PHP+89%
  • 04Make+85%
  • 05TypeScript+75%
Cooling
  • 01Microsoft SQL Server-62%
  • 02RabbitMQ-50%
  • 03Clojure-44%
  • 04AngularJS-41%
  • 05Jenkins-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python8%
  • Go + Python6%
  • Python + React6%
  • Django + Python6%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5%
  • Node.Js + React5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

68% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through June 2016)

§ 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
22.8%
-2.3 ptsvs May 2016
Remote
22.8%
On-site / Hybrid
77.2%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1331 jobs1331Europe (EU): 208 jobs208United Kingdom: 157 jobs157Canada: 84 jobs84Asia: 68 jobs68Australia / NZ: 20 jobs20Latin America: 4 jobs4Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
1,310posts
02 United Kingdom
157posts
03 Germany
88posts
04 Canada
84posts

1,874 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 9 months
Visa Sponsorship
13 posts offer sponsorship
0.8%
Offer sponsorship
130.8%
Explicitly decline
150.9%
Don't mention
167298.4%

Based on 1700 job posts in June 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for June 2016 · 1420 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

June across the last five years.

Jun 2016
CURRENT
1,700