Monthly ReportIssue № 49

October ’15

A cooler month with 1,394 postings, a median of $250k across 52 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-19.1%vs September
1,394
jobs
24-Mo TrendNOV '13 → OCT '15
445 lowOctober 20151,999 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,394100.0%
Comp Data Points
52samples
Remote Share
27.6%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 52 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD250K
+66.7%+$100,000 vs September 2015
25th
$133k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=52
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+25.3%
+$50,417
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,394 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
90mentions↑ 0%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+0%
90
02
Python+3%
66
03
Ruby On Rails+2%
48
04
AWS+24%
47
05
HTML/CSS-6%
45
06
Node.Js-19%
38
07
PostgreSQL+31%
38
08
React+6%
37
09
Make+70%
34
10
Ruby-9%
32
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01D3.Js+133%
  • 02Swift+100%
  • 03Jenkins+100%
  • 04Make+70%
  • 05RabbitMQ+67%
Cooling
  • 01R-57%
  • 02Hadoop-44%
  • 03Flask-40%
  • 04Elasticsearch-36%
  • 05C#-33%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS20%
  • JavaScript + Python11%
  • Python + IOS8%
  • Android + Python7%
  • Django + Python7%
  • JavaScript + IOS7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

87% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2015)

§ 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
27.6%
+1.8 ptsvs September 2015
Remote
27.6%
On-site / Hybrid
72.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1090 jobs1090Europe (EU): 132 jobs132United Kingdom: 106 jobs106Asia: 57 jobs57Canada: 56 jobs56Australia / NZ: 17 jobs17Latin America: 12 jobs12Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
1,083posts
02 United Kingdom
106posts
03 Canada
56posts
04 Germany
56posts

1,472 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
23 posts offer sponsorship
1.6%
Offer sponsorship
231.6%
Explicitly decline
90.6%
Don't mention
136297.7%

Based on 1394 job posts in October 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2015 · 1020 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2011
48
Oct 2012
486
Oct 2013
848
Oct 2014
811
Oct 2015
CURRENT
1,394