Monthly ReportIssue № 6
March ’12
A surge with 493 postings, a median of $401k across 18 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.
Total Postings+22.9%vs February
493
jobs
12-Mo TrendAPR '11 → MAR '12
0 lowMarch 2012493 peak
Hiring Jobs
493100.0%
Comp Data Points
18samples
Remote Share
62.3%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 12-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 18 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD401K
+0.0%+$0 vs February 2012
25th
$401k
75th
$633k
90th
$633k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=18
Median · 12-Mo Trend
12-month arc
vs Baseline
+36.8%
+$107,955
§ 02Technical Skills
JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.
Keywords counted across 493 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript33mentions↑ 18%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+18%
3302
Python+68%
3203
Ruby+190%
2904
Ruby On Rails+29%
2705
HTML/CSS+0%
2006
Java+13%
1807
PHP+0%
1808
JQuery-6%
1509
MySQL+36%
1510
Node.Js+71%
12Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
- 01Ruby+190%
- 02Go+100%
- 03SQL+100%
- 04Django+80%
- 05PostgreSQL+75%
Cooling
- 01C++-33%
- 02C#-25%
- 03JQuery-6%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- Android + IOS14%
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript11%
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9%
- JavaScript + Python9%
- Django + Python9%
- Python + IOS8%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
JavaScriptPythonRubyRuby On RailsHTML/CSS3mo avg · JavaScript
93% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through March 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
62.3%
+1.7 ptsvs February 2012
Remote
62.3%
On-site / Hybrid
37.7%
Geographic Spread
11 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
417posts
02 United Kingdom
41posts
03 Canada
28posts
04 Germany
18posts
539 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 11 months
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts offer sponsorship
0%
Offer sponsorship
00.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
493100.0%
Based on 493 job posts in March 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for March 2012 · 122 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
March across the last five years.
Mar 2012
CURRENT
493