Monthly ReportIssue № 140

May ’23

A cooler month with 765 postings, a median of $183k across 59 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-5.4%vs April

765

jobs

5-Mo TrendJAN '23 → MAY '23

765 lowMay 20231,053 peak

Hiring Jobs

765100.0%

Comp Data Points

59samples

Remote Share

66.4%

Top Skill

Python

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 5-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 59 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD183K

+30.7%+$43,000 vs April 2023

25th

$136k

75th

$203k

90th

$401k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=59

Median · 5-Mo Trend

5-month arc

vs Baseline

+18.0%

+$27,900

§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 765 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

Python

38mentions↑ 9%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01Python+9%38

02TypeScript-16%27

03JavaScript+58%19

04Go-18%14

05SQL+117%13

06Rust+57%11

07Java+43%10

08GraphQL+13%9

09C+17%7

10Ruby+50%6

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript10%
Python + React8%
PostgreSQL + React8%
Go + Python8%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python7%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React7%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

PythonReactTypeScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQL3mo avg · Python

60% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2023)

§ 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

66.4%

-1.0 ptsvs April 2023

Remote

66.4%

On-site / Hybrid

33.6%

Geographic Spread

12 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

425posts

02 Canada

86posts

03 Germany

67posts

04 United Kingdom

50posts

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

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 5 months

Visa Sponsorship

26 posts offer sponsorship

3.4%

Offer sponsorship

263.4%

Explicitly decline

81.0%

Don't mention

73195.6%

Based on 765 job posts in May 2023. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2023 · 708 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2023

CURRENT

765