Monthly ReportIssue № 176

May ’26

Modest growth with 745 postings, a median of $188k across 159 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings+1.4%vs April
745
jobs
24-Mo TrendJUN '24 → MAY '26
575 lowMay 2026877 peak
Hiring Jobs
745100.0%
Comp Data Points
159samples
Remote Share
45.3%
Top Skill
Python
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 159 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD188K
+6.1%+$10,750 vs April 2026
25th
$160k
75th
$203k
90th
$238k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=159
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+4.2%
+$7,521
§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 745 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Python
54mentions↓ 5%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
Python-5%
54
02
TypeScript-27%
38
03
AWS-12%
36
04
PostgreSQL-22%
36
05
React-31%
33
06
Go+10%
23
07
Node.Js-11%
17
08
Docker-6%
15
09
Make+27%
14
10
Kubernetes-35%
13
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01PyTorch+67%
  • 02MongoDB+60%
  • 03React Native+50%
  • 04Make+27%
  • 05Cursor+25%
Cooling
  • 01GraphQL-75%
  • 02C#-57%
  • 03RDS-50%
  • 04Machine Learning-50%
  • 05C-44%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • React + TypeScript17%
  • Python + TypeScript15%
  • Python + React14%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python11%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + TypeScript10%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React9%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

90% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

§ 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
45.3%
-0.7 ptsvs April 2026
Remote
45.3%
On-site / Hybrid
54.7%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 524 jobs524Europe (EU): 159 jobs159United Kingdom: 107 jobs107Canada: 89 jobs89Asia: 29 jobs29Latin America: 24 jobs24Australia / NZ: 8 jobs8
01 United States
518posts
02 United Kingdom
107posts
03 Canada
89posts
04 Germany
50posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don't mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 job posts in May 2026. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for May 2026 · 697 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

May across the last five years.

May 2022
2,139
May 2023
765
May 2024
829
May 2025
628
May 2026
CURRENT
745