Monthly ReportIssue № 5
February ’12
A surge with 401 postings, a median of $401k across 22 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.
Total Postings+34.1%vs January
401
jobs
11-Mo TrendAPR '11 → FEB '12
0 lowFebruary 2012424 peak
Hiring Jobs
401100.0%
Comp Data Points
22samples
Remote Share
60.6%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 11-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 22 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+0.0%+$0 vs January 2012
25th
$326k
75th
$426k
90th
$650k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=22
Median · 11-Mo Trend
11-month arc
vs Baseline
+42.1%
+$118,750
§ 02Technical Skills
JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.
Keywords counted across 401 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript28mentions↑ 87%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+87%
2802
Ruby On Rails+40%
2103
HTML/CSS+54%
2004
Python+171%
1905
PHP+200%
1806
Java+167%
1607
JQuery+100%
1608
MySQL+10%
1109
Ruby+43%
1010
Redis+29%
9Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
- 01PHP+200%
- 02Python+171%
- 03Java+167%
- 04C+++100%
- 05JQuery+100%
Cooling
No notable decliners in All this month.
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- Android + IOS13%
- Java + Python11%
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript11%
- JavaScript + Python11%
- Django + Python8%
- C + Python7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
JavaScriptRuby On RailsHTML/CSSPythonPHP3mo avg · JavaScript
83% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through February 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
60.6%
-1.8 ptsvs January 2012
Remote
60.6%
On-site / Hybrid
39.4%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
335posts
02 United Kingdom
51posts
03 France
11posts
04 Netherlands
10posts
427 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 10 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
401100.0%
Based on 401 job posts in February 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for February 2012 · 104 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
February across the last five years.
Feb 2012
CURRENT
401