Monthly ReportIssue № 43

April ’15

A surge with 1,722 postings, a median of $123k across 68 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+68.2%vs March
1,722
jobs
24-Mo TrendMAY '13 → APR '15
97 lowApril 20151,722 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,722100.0%
Comp Data Points
68samples
Remote Share
67.4%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 68 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD123K
+16.7%+$17,500 vs March 2015
25th
$70k
75th
$401k
90th
$1,000k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=68
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-35.5%
$-67,292
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,722 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
93mentions↑ 26%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+26%
93
02
Python+7%
61
03
Ruby On Rails+33%
57
04
HTML/CSS+39%
53
05
AWS+61%
45
06
Java+15%
39
07
Node.Js+28%
37
08
Ruby+44%
36
09
PHP+55%
31
10
PostgreSQL+0%
30
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01C#+140%
  • 02Cassandra+125%
  • 03Hadoop+117%
  • 04Swift+100%
  • 05Redis+100%
Cooling
  • 01RabbitMQ-45%
  • 02EC2-33%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS17%
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript8%
  • JavaScript + UX/UI8%
  • JavaScript + IOS6%
  • Android + JavaScript6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

74% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 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
67.4%
+15.5 ptsvs March 2015
Remote
67.4%
On-site / Hybrid
32.6%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1400 jobs1400Europe (EU): 153 jobs153United Kingdom: 126 jobs126Canada: 83 jobs83Asia: 51 jobs51Australia / NZ: 10 jobs10Latin America: 8 jobs8Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
1,378posts
02 United Kingdom
126posts
03 Canada
83posts
04 Germany
46posts

1,832 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
18 posts offer sponsorship
1%
Offer sponsorship
181.0%
Explicitly decline
100.6%
Don't mention
169498.4%

Based on 1722 job posts in April 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for April 2015 · 485 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

April across the last five years.

Apr 2011
405
Apr 2012
427
Apr 2013
658
Apr 2014
892
Apr 2015
CURRENT
1,722