Monthly ReportIssue № 66

March ’17

A cooler month with 1,698 postings, a median of $150k across 139 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-21.1%vs February
1,698
jobs
24-Mo TrendAPR '15 → MAR '17
874 lowMarch 20172,151 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,698100.0%
Comp Data Points
139samples
Remote Share
22.6%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 139 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD150K
+15.4%+$20,000 vs February 2017
25th
$100k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=139
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-18.0%
$-33,033
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,698 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
95mentions↓ 22%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-22%
95
02
Python-10%
86
03
React-14%
83
04
AWS+0%
68
05
Node.Js+3%
62
06
HTML/CSS-4%
53
07
Ruby On Rails-15%
53
08
Go+7%
47
09
PostgreSQL-2%
46
10
Java-32%
42
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Jenkins+133%
  • 02Vue.Js+100%
  • 03D3.Js+67%
  • 04Laravel+67%
  • 05C+21%
Cooling
  • 01RabbitMQ-57%
  • 02SQL-52%
  • 03Microsoft SQL Server-45%
  • 04C#-40%
  • 05ASP.NET-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • Android + IOS10%
  • Python + React8%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8%
  • Go + Python6%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

95% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through March 2017)

§ 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
22.6%
+0.7 ptsvs February 2017
Remote
22.6%
On-site / Hybrid
77.4%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1204 jobs1204Europe (EU): 237 jobs237United Kingdom: 194 jobs194Canada: 118 jobs118Asia: 55 jobs55Australia / NZ: 19 jobs19Latin America: 10 jobs10Africa: 6 jobs6
01 United States
1,189posts
02 United Kingdom
194posts
03 Canada
118posts
04 Germany
103posts

1,843 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
36 posts offer sponsorship
2.1%
Offer sponsorship
362.1%
Explicitly decline
342.0%
Don't mention
162895.9%

Based on 1698 job posts in March 2017. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for March 2017 · 1445 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

March across the last five years.

Mar 2013
623
Mar 2014
771
Mar 2015
1,024
Mar 2016
1,622
Mar 2017
CURRENT
1,698