Monthly ReportIssue № 54

March ’16

Modest growth with 1,622 postings, a median of $200k across 97 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+4.8%vs February
1,622
jobs
6-Mo TrendOCT '15 → MAR '16
874 lowMarch 20161,642 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,622100.0%
Comp Data Points
97samples
Remote Share
25.2%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 6-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 97 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
-50.1%$-201,000 vs February 2016
25th
$85k
75th
$401k
90th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=97
Median · 6-Mo Trend
6-month arc
vs Baseline
-35.2%
$-108,833
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 1,622 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
79mentions↑ 8%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+8%
79
02
Python+4%
56
03
React+0%
43
04
Ruby On Rails+5%
42
05
Java+12%
38
06
Node.Js+3%
34
07
AWS-23%
34
08
Ruby+32%
29
09
PostgreSQL-19%
26
10
Make+56%
25
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Swift+233%
  • 02HTML/CSS+100%
  • 03Erlang+75%
  • 04C+++70%
  • 05TypeScript+67%
Cooling
  • 01Cassandra-57%
  • 02Clojure-50%
  • 03NGINX-50%
  • 04Ansible-40%
  • 05SQL-32%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python8%
  • C++ + Python5%
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5%
  • Node.Js + React5%
  • Django + Python5%
  • React + Ruby On Rails5%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

59% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through March 2016)

§ 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
25.2%
-0.2 ptsvs February 2016
Remote
25.2%
On-site / Hybrid
74.8%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 1272 jobs1272Europe (EU): 136 jobs136United Kingdom: 125 jobs125Canada: 89 jobs89Asia: 81 jobs81Australia / NZ: 15 jobs15Latin America: 14 jobs14Africa: 1 jobs1
01 United States
1,264posts
02 United Kingdom
125posts
03 Canada
89posts
04 Germany
44posts

1,733 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 6 months
Visa Sponsorship
10 posts offer sponsorship
0.6%
Offer sponsorship
100.6%
Explicitly decline
90.6%
Don't mention
160398.8%

Based on 1622 job posts in March 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for March 2016 · 1359 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

March across the last five years.

Mar 2016
CURRENT
1,622