Monthly ReportIssue № 68

May ’17

A surge with 1,805 postings, a median of $125k across 121 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+16.8%vs April
1,805
jobs
24-Mo TrendJUN '15 → MAY '17
874 lowMay 20172,151 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,805100.0%
Comp Data Points
121samples
Remote Share
20.8%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 121 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD125K
+8.7%+$10,000 vs April 2017
25th
$80k
75th
$300k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=121
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-31.0%
$-56,054
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,805 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
106mentions↑ 20%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+20%
106
02
Python+29%
106
03
React+31%
105
04
PostgreSQL+69%
76
05
AWS+6%
73
06
Ruby On Rails+18%
59
07
Node.Js+2%
57
08
Java+16%
50
09
Go+4%
48
10
Machine Learning+37%
48
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01RabbitMQ+267%
  • 02AngularJS+160%
  • 03R+125%
  • 04Elixir+100%
  • 05NGINX+100%
Cooling
  • 01Jenkins-67%
  • 02JQuery-46%
  • 03Express-40%
  • 04Microsoft SQL Server-40%
  • 05Objective-C-33%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • Android + IOS9%
  • Python + React9%
  • Java + Python8%
  • React + Redux7%
  • Node.Js + React7%
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 May 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
20.8%
-2.0 ptsvs April 2017
Remote
20.8%
On-site / Hybrid
79.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1212 jobs1212Europe (EU): 317 jobs317United Kingdom: 177 jobs177Canada: 117 jobs117Asia: 73 jobs73Australia / NZ: 33 jobs33Latin America: 5 jobs5Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
1,193posts
02 United Kingdom
177posts
03 Canada
117posts
04 Germany
112posts

1,936 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
45 posts offer sponsorship
2.5%
Offer sponsorship
452.5%
Explicitly decline
291.6%
Don't mention
173195.9%

Based on 1805 job posts in May 2017. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2017 · 1602 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2013
97
May 2014
978
May 2015
1,540
May 2016
1,556
May 2017
CURRENT
1,805