Monthly ReportIssue № 39

December ’14

A surge with 989 postings, a median of $250k across 58 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+31.9%vs November
989
jobs
9-Mo TrendAPR '14 → DEC '14
638 lowDecember 20141,136 peak
Hiring Jobs
989100.0%
Comp Data Points
58samples
Remote Share
50.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 9-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 58 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD250K
+25.0%+$50,000 vs November 2014
25th
$100k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=58
Median · 9-Mo Trend
9-month arc
vs Baseline
+14.7%
+$32,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 989 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
83mentions↑ 30%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+30%
83
02
Python+26%
58
03
Ruby On Rails+5%
42
04
AWS+90%
40
05
Node.Js+37%
37
06
PostgreSQL+37%
37
07
MySQL+71%
36
08
Ruby+11%
31
09
Java+17%
28
10
PHP+67%
25
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01C+143%
  • 02AngularJS+92%
  • 03AWS+90%
  • 04C#+83%
  • 05Docker+83%
Cooling
  • 01Flask-43%
  • 02C++-8%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python16%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js10%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
  • Node.Js + Python8%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + JavaScript8%
  • JavaScript + MySQL7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

97% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 2014)

§ 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
50.9%
-6.5 ptsvs November 2014
Remote
50.9%
On-site / Hybrid
49.1%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 801 jobs801Europe (EU): 105 jobs105United Kingdom: 74 jobs74Canada: 50 jobs50Asia: 40 jobs40Australia / NZ: 9 jobs9Africa: 4 jobs4Latin America: 1 jobs1
01 United States
795posts
02 United Kingdom
74posts
03 Germany
53posts
04 Canada
50posts

1,084 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 9 months
Visa Sponsorship
7 posts offer sponsorship
0.7%
Offer sponsorship
70.7%
Explicitly decline
60.6%
Don't mention
97698.7%

Based on 989 job posts in December 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for December 2014 · 346 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

December across the last five years.

Dec 2014
CURRENT
989