Monthly ReportIssue № 164

May ’25

A cooler month with 362 postings, a median of $181k across 100 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings-5.7%vs April

362

jobs

3-Mo TrendMAR '25 → MAY '25

362 lowMay 2025437 peak

Hiring Jobs

362100.0%

Comp Data Points

100samples

Remote Share

52.9%

Top Skill

Python

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 3-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 100 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD181K

+8.2%+$13,750 vs April 2025

25th

$160k

75th

$200k

90th

$238k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=100

Median · 3-Mo Trend

3-month arc

vs Baseline

+4.3%

+$7,500

§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 362 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

Python

49mentions↑ 40%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01Python+40%49

02TypeScript+19%44

03Go+32%25

04Rust+67%20

05JavaScript+64%18

06Java+25%10

07SQL+0%7

08C+++0%6

09GraphQL+20%6

10Kotlin+50%6

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript20%
Python + TypeScript15%
Python + React12%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript10%
Kubernetes + React10%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React9%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

PythonTypeScriptReactGoAmazon Web Services (AWS)3mo avg · Python

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2025)

§ 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

52.9%

+4.1 ptsvs April 2025

Remote

52.9%

On-site / Hybrid

47.1%

Geographic Spread

11 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

236posts

02 United Kingdom

18posts

03 EU

11posts

04 Canada

8posts

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

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 3 months

Visa Sponsorship

8 posts offer sponsorship

2.2%

Offer sponsorship

82.2%

Explicitly decline

41.1%

Don't mention

35096.7%

Based on 362 job posts in May 2025. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2025 · 350 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2025

CURRENT

362