Monthly ReportIssue № 177

June ’26

A small step back with 720 postings, a median of $189k across 174 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-3.4%vs May
720
jobs
24-Mo TrendJUL '24 → JUN '26
575 lowJune 2026877 peak
Hiring Jobs
720100.0%
Comp Data Points
174samples
Remote Share
49.9%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 174 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD189K
+0.8%+$1,500 vs May 2026
25th
$160k
75th
$216k
90th
$248k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=174
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+4.6%
+$8,333
§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 720 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python
48mentions↓ 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
Python-11%
48
02
TypeScript+8%
41
03
PostgreSQL+3%
37
04
React+6%
35
05
Go-13%
20
06
AWS-44%
20
07
Claude Code+23%
16
08
Make+7%
15
09
Kubernetes+8%
14
10
Rust+0%
12
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01GraphQL+133%
  • 02Dbt (Data Build Tool)+75%
  • 03Cursor+40%
  • 04SQL+33%
  • 05Claude Code+23%
Cooling
  • 01RAG-62%
  • 02Redis-57%
  • 03AWS-44%
  • 04C-40%
  • 05Docker-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • React + TypeScript19%
  • Python + TypeScript18%
  • Python + React16%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python12%
  • PostgreSQL + React10%
  • PostgreSQL + Python10%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

84% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through June 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
49.9%
+4.6 ptsvs May 2026
Remote
49.9%
On-site / Hybrid
50.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 521 jobs521Europe (EU): 136 jobs136Canada: 84 jobs84United Kingdom: 73 jobs73Latin America: 32 jobs32Asia: 18 jobs18Australia / NZ: 1 jobs1
01 United States
511posts
02 Canada
84posts
03 United Kingdom
73posts
04 Germany
28posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
2.9%
Offer sponsorship
212.9%
Explicitly decline
101.4%
Don't mention
68995.7%

Based on 720 job posts in June 2026. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for June 2026 · 679 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

June across the last five years.

Jun 2022
1,993
Jun 2023
769
Jun 2024
655
Jun 2025
794
Jun 2026
CURRENT
720