Monthly ReportIssue № 55

April ’16

A cooler month with 1,395 postings, a median of $135k across 136 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-14.0%vs March
1,395
jobs
7-Mo TrendOCT '15 → APR '16
874 lowApril 20161,642 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,395100.0%
Comp Data Points
136samples
Remote Share
23.7%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 7-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 136 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD135K
-32.5%$-65,000 vs March 2016
25th
$105k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=136
Median · 7-Mo Trend
7-month arc
vs Baseline
-52.5%
$-149,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,395 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
72mentions↓ 9%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-9%
72
02
React+5%
45
03
Node.Js+18%
40
04
Python-30%
39
05
Ruby On Rails-17%
35
06
AWS-3%
33
07
Java-21%
30
08
PostgreSQL-4%
25
09
Go-4%
22
10
Angular+22%
22
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Microsoft SQL Server+100%
  • 02TypeScript+80%
  • 03Cassandra+67%
  • 04Clojure+33%
  • 05Perl+33%
Cooling
  • 01Django-64%
  • 02RabbitMQ-55%
  • 03HTML/CSS-50%
  • 04AngularJS-45%
  • 05Docker-44%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js5%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5%
  • React + Ruby On Rails5%
  • Python + React4%
  • Ruby + Ruby On Rails4%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

57% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2016)

§ 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
23.7%
-1.4 ptsvs March 2016
Remote
23.7%
On-site / Hybrid
76.3%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1134 jobs1134Europe (EU): 115 jobs115United Kingdom: 107 jobs107Asia: 84 jobs84Canada: 78 jobs78Australia / NZ: 18 jobs18Latin America: 13 jobs13
01 United States
1,113posts
02 United Kingdom
107posts
03 Canada
78posts
04 Germany
43posts

1,549 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 7 months
Visa Sponsorship
23 posts offer sponsorship
1.6%
Offer sponsorship
231.6%
Explicitly decline
110.8%
Don't mention
136197.6%

Based on 1395 job posts in April 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for April 2016 · 1133 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

April across the last five years.

Apr 2016
CURRENT
1,395