Monthly ReportIssue № 1

August ’11

A cooler month with 386 postings, a median of $84k across 5 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings-9.0%vs July
386
jobs
5-Mo TrendAPR '11 → AUG '11
386 lowAugust 2011424 peak
Hiring Jobs
386100.0%
Comp Data Points
5samples
Remote Share
54.3%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 5-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 5 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD84K
-79.1%$-317,000 vs July 2011
25th
$53k
75th
$251k
75th
$251k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=5
Median · 5-Mo Trend
5-month arc
vs Baseline
-64.4%
$-151,700
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 386 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
26mentions↓ 21%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-21%
26
02
PHP+0%
22
03
HTML/CSS-9%
21
04
Python-5%
20
05
Ruby+73%
19
06
Ruby On Rails-5%
18
07
JQuery+13%
18
08
Java+6%
17
09
MySQL+42%
17
10
Node.Js+120%
11
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Node.Js+120%
  • 02NGINX+100%
  • 03Ruby+73%
  • 04Redis+67%
  • 05PostgreSQL+60%
Cooling
  • 01C++-40%
  • 02AWS-25%
  • 03JavaScript-21%
  • 04HTML/CSS-9%
  • 05Ruby On Rails-5%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS13%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript10%
  • JavaScript + JQuery6%
  • Android + Ruby6%
  • HTML/CSS + JQuery5%
  • JavaScript + Python5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

94% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2011)

§ 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
54.3%
-30.7 ptsvs July 2011
Remote
54.3%
On-site / Hybrid
45.7%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 297 jobs297United Kingdom: 51 jobs51Europe (EU): 34 jobs34Canada: 17 jobs17Asia: 7 jobs7Australia / NZ: 6 jobs6Africa: 2 jobs2
01 United States
294posts
02 United Kingdom
51posts
03 Canada
17posts
04 Germany
8posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 5 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
30.8%
Don't mention
38399.2%

Based on 386 job posts in August 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for August 2011 · 81 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

August across the last five years.

Aug 2011
CURRENT
386