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August 2017
Hiring volume summary
1,612 Jobs
-4% MoM
-66 jobs from July 2017
4-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,681 Jobs
-4% below historical avg (4mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 4-month average through August 2017
Absolute growth
-66 Jobs
Now: 1,612
Prev: 1,678
Net change vs July 2017
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 4 months through August 2017
4th highest job count in the 4-month window
Compensation
$120k Median Salary
Based on 158 of 1,612 jobs (10%) that listed compensation
-6.6% MoM
$-8,500 vs July 2017
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $50k
P25 $95k
Median $120k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 4-mo baseline
-5%
$-5,875 vs 4-mo median ($126k)
Comparison vs 4-month median through August 2017
Salary change
$-8,500
Now: $120k
Prev: $129k
Change vs July 2017
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 4 months through August 2017
4th highest median salary in the 4-month window
Technical Skills Overview
PythonTop Skill
+46% MoM
+2 pts vs July 2017
Top Skills Required
82% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Python + React11% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React9% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python8% of jobs
- Django + Python8% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python8% of jobs
- Node.Js + React8% of jobs
Trending Skills
- NumPy↑200%
- Scikit-Learn↑167%
- SQL↑157%
- Ansible↑120%
- Google Cloud↑83%
Declining skills
- Terraform↓57%
- Rust↓50%
- R↓50%
- C#↓41%
- Flask↓40%
Stable Skills
- Docker±0.1%
- PHP±0.1%
- Make±0.1%
- Scala±0.1%
- Node.Js±0.2%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2017)
Location & Remote
25.6%Remote
+3.4 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2017
Work arrangement trend (4 months)
Based on 1466 classified jobs (146 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1796 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
36 posts (2.2%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1612 job posts in August 2017. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+3.5 pts
vs 4-month average remote share (22.1% avg); this month 25.6%
4-month remote share window through August 2017
Hybrid trend
-0.4 pts
vs 4-month average hybrid share (5.0% avg); this month 4.6%
4-month hybrid share window through August 2017
On-site trend
-3.2 pts
vs 4-month average on-site share (72.9% avg); this month 69.7%
4-month on-site share window through August 2017
Visa trend
+0.3 pts
vs 4-month average sponsorship share (1.9% avg); this month 2.2%
4-month sponsorship share window through August 2017
Work arrangement and location data for August 2017
More sections for this monthly view will follow.