Monthly ReportIssue № 1
May ’11
A small step back with 398 postings, a median of $243k across 4 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.
Total Postings-1.7%vs April
398
jobs
2-Mo TrendAPR '11 → MAY '11
398 lowMay 2011405 peak
Hiring Jobs
398100.0%
Comp Data Points
4samples
Remote Share
65.5%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 2-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 4 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD243K
+385.0%+$192,500 vs April 2011
25th
$40k
75th
$401k
75th
$401k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=4
Median · 2-Mo Trend
2-month arc
vs Baseline
+65.8%
+$96,250
§ 02Technical Skills
JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.
Keywords counted across 398 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript24mentions↓ 4%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript-4%
2402
HTML/CSS+31%
2103
Python-10%
1904
Ruby+12%
1905
Java+67%
1506
Django+63%
1307
Ruby On Rails-29%
1208
PHP+10%
1109
JQuery+25%
1010
MySQL+0%
7Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
- 01C+67%
- 02Java+67%
- 03Django+63%
- 04HTML/CSS+31%
- 05JQuery+25%
Cooling
- 01MongoDB-62%
- 02Node.Js-50%
- 03SQL-43%
- 04Ruby On Rails-29%
- 05C++-25%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- HTML/CSS + Java10%
- Java + JavaScript10%
- Android + IOS10%
- JavaScript + Python9%
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript9%
- Java + Python7%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
JavaScriptHTML/CSSRubyPythonJava3mo avg · JavaScript
64% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2011)
§ 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
65.5%
+18.8 ptsvs April 2011
Remote
65.5%
On-site / Hybrid
34.5%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
329posts
02 Canada
13posts
03 United Kingdom
13posts
04 Germany
10posts
394 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 2 months
Visa Sponsorship
2 posts offer sponsorship
0.5%
Offer sponsorship
20.5%
Explicitly decline
00.0%
Don't mention
39699.5%
Based on 398 job posts in May 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for May 2011 · 116 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
May across the last five years.
May 2011
CURRENT
398