Monthly ReportIssue № 1

October ’11

A cooler month with 48 postings, a median of $401k across 7 explicit salary samples, Ruby leads the skills board.

Total Postings-87.8%vs September
48
jobs
7-Mo TrendAPR '11 → OCT '11
48 lowOctober 2011424 peak
Hiring Jobs
48100.0%
Comp Data Points
7samples
Remote Share
61.5%
Top Skill
Ruby
§ 00Hiring Volume · 7-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 7 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+902.5%+$361,000 vs September 2011
25th
$401k
75th
$401k
75th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=7
Median · 7-Mo Trend
7-month arc
vs Baseline
+73.3%
+$169,643
§ 02Technical Skills

Ruby stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 48 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
Ruby
4mentions↓ 76%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
Python-84%
4
02
Ruby-76%
4
03
C-70%
3
04
Hadoop+50%
3
05
MySQL-80%
3
06
C++-60%
2
07
HTML/CSS-83%
2
08
Hack (Meta)-33%
2
09
Java-83%
2
10
JavaScript-92%
2
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending

No notable gainers in All this month.

Cooling
  • 01Python-84%
  • 02MySQL-80%
  • 03Ruby-76%
  • 04C-70%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Linux (Non-WSL) + Python35%
  • Django + Linux (Non-WSL)27%
  • Django + Python27%
  • JavaScript + MySQL27%
  • JavaScript + Linux (Non-WSL)23%
  • JavaScript + Python23%
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 October 2011)

§ 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
61.5%
-8.0 ptsvs September 2011
Remote
61.5%
On-site / Hybrid
38.5%
Geographic Spread
2 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 43 jobs43United Kingdom: 3 jobs3
01 United States
43posts
02 United Kingdom
3posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 7 months
Visa Sponsorship
1 posts offer sponsorship
2.1%
Offer sponsorship
12.1%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
4797.9%

Based on 48 job posts in October 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2011 · 13 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2011
CURRENT
48