Monthly ReportIssue № 145

October ’23

Modest growth with 664 postings, a median of $180k across 87 explicit salary samples, Python leads the skills board.

Total Postings+2.3%vs September

664

jobs

4-Mo TrendJUL '23 → OCT '23

630 lowOctober 2023744 peak

Hiring Jobs

664100.0%

Comp Data Points

87samples

Remote Share

58.8%

Top Skill

Python

§ 00 Hiring Volume · 4-Mo Window

§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 87 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.

Median Salary

USD180K

+1.8%+$3,250 vs September 2023

25th

$150k

75th

$250k

90th

$421k

Salary Distribution

Where the money lands

USD · THOUSANDSn=87

Median · 4-Mo Trend

4-month arc

vs Baseline

+5.6%

+$9,562

§ 02Technical Skills

Python stays the language most asked for.

Keywords counted across 664 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01

Top Skill

Python

44mentions↑ 19%

Mentions · Last 12 Months

Leaderboard

01Python+19%44

02TypeScript-16%32

03Go+12%19

04JavaScript+27%19

05Java+140%12

06GraphQL+11%10

07Rust+100%10

08C+50%6

09C+++50%6

10SQL-17%5

Common Stacks

Top pairs co-mentioned

React + TypeScript13%
Python + TypeScript11%
Python + React10%
Node.Js + React8%
Go + Python8%
JavaScript + Python7%

Skills · 12-Mo Trend

How the leaders moved

PythonReactTypeScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)PostgreSQL3mo avg · Python

83% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2023)

§ 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

58.8%

-7.6 ptsvs September 2023

Remote

58.8%

On-site / Hybrid

41.2%

Geographic Spread

12 countries represented

ACTIVENONE

01 United States

383posts

02 United Kingdom

62posts

03 Canada

52posts

04 Germany

47posts

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

Arrangement Trend

Remote vs hybrid vs on-site

RemoteHybridOn-site· 4 months

Visa Sponsorship

19 posts offer sponsorship

2.9%

Offer sponsorship

192.9%

Explicitly decline

50.8%

Don't mention

64096.4%

Based on 664 job posts in October 2023. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2023 · 617 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2023

CURRENT

664