Monthly ReportIssue № 32

May ’14

A surge with 978 postings, a median of $200k across 42 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+9.6%vs April
978
jobs
24-Mo TrendJUN '12 → MAY '14
97 lowMay 2014978 peak
Hiring Jobs
978100.0%
Comp Data Points
42samples
Remote Share
59.8%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 42 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
-48.1%$-185,000 vs April 2014
25th
$39k
75th
$401k
90th
$470k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=42
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-8.9%
$-19,583
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 978 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
61mentions↑ 5%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+5%
61
02
Python+17%
41
03
HTML/CSS+18%
40
04
Ruby On Rails+19%
31
05
Ruby+4%
26
06
Java+39%
25
07
PHP+33%
24
08
Node.Js-8%
22
09
SQL+75%
21
10
Make+62%
21
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01C+200%
  • 02Go+88%
  • 03Angular+86%
  • 04SQL+75%
  • 05Haskell+67%
Cooling
  • 01C#-33%
  • 02MongoDB-29%
  • 03D3.Js-25%
  • 04AWS-21%
  • 05PostgreSQL-19%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS21%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript11%
  • JavaScript + Python8%
  • UX/UI + IOS7%
  • Android + UX/UI7%
  • Android + JavaScript7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2014)

§ 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
59.8%
+0.0 ptsvs April 2014
Remote
59.8%
On-site / Hybrid
40.2%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 816 jobs816United Kingdom: 78 jobs78Europe (EU): 58 jobs58Asia: 28 jobs28Canada: 25 jobs25Africa: 7 jobs7Australia / NZ: 6 jobs6Latin America: 5 jobs5
01 United States
809posts
02 United Kingdom
78posts
03 Canada
25posts
04 Germany
24posts

1,023 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
19 posts offer sponsorship
1.9%
Offer sponsorship
191.9%
Explicitly decline
50.5%
Don't mention
95497.5%

Based on 978 job posts in May 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2014 · 381 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2011
398
May 2012
477
May 2013
97
May 2014
CURRENT
978