Monthly ReportIssue № 37

October ’14

A surge with 811 postings, a median of $200k across 50 explicit salary samples, JavaScript leads the skills board.

Total Postings+27.1%vs September
811
jobs
7-Mo TrendAPR '14 → OCT '14
638 lowOctober 20141,136 peak
Hiring Jobs
811100.0%
Comp Data Points
50samples
Remote Share
52.2%
Top Skill
JavaScript
§ 00Hiring Volume · 7-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation

Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.

Based on 50 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD200K
-20.0%$-50,000 vs September 2014
25th
$90k
75th
$401k
90th
$409k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
251550MEDIAN6090120150180210240270300330360+
USD · THOUSANDSn=50
Median · 7-Mo Trend
7-month arc
vs Baseline
-7.4%
$-16,000
§ 02Technical Skills

JavaScript stays the most mentioned technical skill.

Keywords counted across 811 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
JavaScript
72mentions↑ 31%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
JavaScript+31%
72
02
Python+38%
51
03
MySQL+121%
31
04
Ruby On Rails+16%
29
05
Java+17%
28
06
Ruby+22%
28
07
PHP+50%
21
08
Node.Js+17%
21
09
PostgreSQL+31%
21
10
AWS+19%
19
Movers · Month-over-month
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Docker+167%
  • 02Elasticsearch+133%
  • 03MySQL+121%
  • 04Go+80%
  • 05Angular+80%
Cooling
  • 01EC2-40%
  • 02D3.Js-37%
  • 03C-33%
  • 04NGINX-25%
  • 05AngularJS-23%
Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
  • JavaScript + Python14%
  • JavaScript + Ruby On Rails11%
  • Java + JavaScript8%
  • JavaScript + Node.Js7%
  • Java + Python7%
  • JavaScript + Ruby6%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved

87% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2014)

§ 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
52.2%
-10.1 ptsvs September 2014
Remote
52.2%
On-site / Hybrid
47.8%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
United States: 675 jobs675United Kingdom: 81 jobs81Europe (EU): 36 jobs36Canada: 23 jobs23Asia: 13 jobs13Africa: 4 jobs4Australia / NZ: 4 jobs4Latin America: 1 jobs1
01 United States
672posts
02 United Kingdom
81posts
03 Canada
23posts
04 Germany
19posts

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

Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 7 months
Visa Sponsorship
9 posts offer sponsorship
1.1%
Offer sponsorship
91.1%
Explicitly decline
91.1%
Don't mention
79397.8%

Based on 811 job posts in October 2014. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Work arrangement and location data for October 2014 · 291 classified jobs

§ 04Year-Over-Year

October across the last five years.

Oct 2014
CURRENT
811