Monthly ReportIssue № 22

July ’13

A surge with 531 postings, a median of $100k across 12 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+6.4%vs June
531
jobs
24-Mo TrendAUG '11 → JUL '13
0 lowJuly 2013658 peak
Hiring Jobs
531100.0%
Comp Data Points
12samples
Remote Share
67.2%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 12 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD100K
+66.7%+$40,000 vs June 2013
25th
$100k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=12
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-59.2%
$-144,935
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 531 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
54mentions↓ 8%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-8%
54
02
HTML/CSS+14%
42
03
Python+17%
35
04
Ruby On Rails+11%
31
05
Ruby+14%
25
06
Java-31%
18
07
PHP+23%
16
08
MySQL+14%
16
09
JQuery-12%
15
10
Make+25%
15
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01C+75%
  • 02Perl+67%
  • 03Sass+40%
  • 04PostgreSQL+38%
  • 05WordPress+33%
Cooling
  • 01C#-58%
  • 02Scala-57%
  • 03NGINX-40%
  • 04Java-31%
  • 05Objective-C-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python10%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js8%
  • Django + Python8%
  • MySQL + Python7%
  • Java + JavaScript6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through July 2013)

§ 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
67.2%
+15.9 ptsvs June 2013
Remote
67.2%
On-site / Hybrid
32.8%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 418 jobs418United Kingdom: 42 jobs42Europe (EU): 31 jobs31Canada: 12 jobs12Latin America: 6 jobs6Australia / NZ: 3 jobs3Asia: 1 jobs1
01 United States
411posts
02 United Kingdom
42posts
03 Canada
12posts
04 Germany
10posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
3 posts offer sponsorship
0.6%
Offer sponsorship
30.6%
Explicitly decline
20.4%
Don't mention
52699.1%

Based on 531 job posts in July 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for July 2013 · 128 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

July across the last five years.

Jul 2011
424
Jul 2012
326
Jul 2013
CURRENT
531