Monthly ReportIssue № 38

November ’14

A cooler month with 750 postings, a median of $200k across 43 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-7.5%vs October
750
jobs
8-Mo TrendAPR '14 → NOV '14
638 lowNovember 20141,136 peak
Hiring Jobs
750100.0%
Comp Data Points
43samples
Remote Share
57.3%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 8-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 43 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
+0.0%+$0 vs October 2014
25th
$101k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=43
Median · 8-Mo Trend
8-month arc
vs Baseline
-6.5%
$-14,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 750 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
64mentions↓ 11%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-11%
64
02
Python-10%
46
03
Ruby On Rails+38%
40
04
Ruby+0%
28
05
Node.Js+29%
27
06
PostgreSQL+29%
27
07
Java-14%
24
08
AWS+11%
21
09
MySQL-32%
21
10
Make+43%
20
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01D3.Js+120%
  • 02React+67%
  • 03Cassandra+67%
  • 04Make+43%
  • 05Flask+40%
Cooling
  • 01Scala-37%
  • 02MySQL-32%
  • 03PHP-29%
  • 04RabbitMQ-29%
  • 05Go-28%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python16%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python11%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + JavaScript9%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js7%
  • JavaScript + Ruby7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

92% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through November 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
57.3%
+5.1 ptsvs October 2014
Remote
57.3%
On-site / Hybrid
42.7%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 624 jobs624United Kingdom: 59 jobs59Europe (EU): 43 jobs43Canada: 39 jobs39Asia: 28 jobs28Africa: 4 jobs4Australia / NZ: 3 jobs3
01 United States
620posts
02 United Kingdom
59posts
03 Canada
39posts
04 Spain
12posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 8 months
Visa Sponsorship
15 posts offer sponsorship
2%
Offer sponsorship
152.0%
Explicitly decline
10.1%
Don't mention
73497.9%

Based on 750 job posts in November 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for November 2014 · 246 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

November across the last five years.

Nov 2014
CURRENT
750