Monthly ReportIssue № 18

March ’13

A surge with 623 postings, a median of $100k across 30 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+25.6%vs February
623
jobs
24-Mo TrendAPR '11 → MAR '13
0 lowMarch 2013623 peak
Hiring Jobs
623100.0%
Comp Data Points
30samples
Remote Share
52.9%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 30 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD100K
-75.1%$-301,000 vs February 2013
25th
$60k
75th
$401k
90th
$636k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=30
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
-62.7%
$-168,174
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 623 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
42mentions↑ 62%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+62%
42
02
HTML/CSS+89%
34
03
Ruby On Rails+108%
25
04
Python+5%
23
05
Java+33%
20
06
Ruby+125%
18
07
JQuery+129%
16
08
MySQL+129%
16
09
C+117%
13
10
PHP+44%
13
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Django+233%
  • 02Objective-C+200%
  • 03Node.Js+167%
  • 04AWS+150%
  • 05JQuery+129%
Cooling
  • 01PostgreSQL-12%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • Android + IOS16%
  • HTML/CSS + JavaScript11%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails7%
  • JavaScript + IOS6%
  • JavaScript + UX/UI6%
  • Android + JavaScript6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through March 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
52.9%
-13.2 ptsvs February 2013
Remote
52.9%
On-site / Hybrid
47.0%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 502 jobs502Europe (EU): 63 jobs63United Kingdom: 52 jobs52Canada: 44 jobs44Asia: 11 jobs11Australia / NZ: 7 jobs7Latin America: 3 jobs3
01 United States
497posts
02 United Kingdom
52posts
03 Canada
44posts
04 France
24posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 23 months
Visa Sponsorship
6 posts offer sponsorship
1%
Offer sponsorship
61.0%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
61799.0%

Based on 623 job posts in March 2013. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for March 2013 · 153 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

March across the last five years.

Mar 2012
493
Mar 2013
CURRENT
623