Monthly ReportIssue № 15

December ’12

A surge with 504 postings, a median of $80k across 39 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+15.3%vs November
504
jobs
21-Mo TrendAPR '11 → DEC '12
0 lowDecember 2012504 peak
Hiring Jobs
504100.0%
Comp Data Points
39samples
Remote Share
58.1%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 21-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 39 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD80K
-80.0%$-321,000 vs November 2012
25th
$40k
75th
$150k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=39
Median · 21-Mo Trend
21-month arc
vs Baseline
-69.6%
$-183,300
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 504 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
25mentions↓ 24%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-24%
25
02
Python+4%
24
03
Ruby On Rails-18%
18
04
HTML/CSS-29%
15
05
Ruby-29%
15
06
Make+50%
12
07
Java+0%
11
08
PostgreSQL+83%
11
09
PHP-17%
10
10
Node.Js+11%
10
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01PostgreSQL+83%
  • 02Make+50%
  • 03MongoDB+33%
  • 04Hadoop+25%
  • 05Redis+25%
Cooling
  • 01Go-57%
  • 02MySQL-54%
  • 03Django-50%
  • 04AWS-50%
  • 05Sass-40%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript16%
  • Android + IOS15%
  • JavaScript + IOS10%
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
  • Android + JavaScript9%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

69% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 2012)

§ 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
58.1%
+4.7 ptsvs November 2012
Remote
58.1%
On-site / Hybrid
41.9%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 414 jobs414Europe (EU): 53 jobs53United Kingdom: 27 jobs27Canada: 15 jobs15Asia: 5 jobs5Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4Latin America: 2 jobs2
01 United States
411posts
02 United Kingdom
27posts
03 Germany
22posts
04 Canada
15posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 20 months
Visa Sponsorship
5 posts offer sponsorship
1%
Offer sponsorship
51.0%
Explicitly decline
10.2%
Don't mention
49898.8%

Based on 504 job posts in December 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for December 2012 · 124 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

December across the last five years.

Dec 2011
0
Dec 2012
CURRENT
504