Monthly ReportIssue № 96
September ’19
A cooler month with 1,619 postings, a median of $148k across 135 explicit salary samples, React leads the skills board.
Total Postings-11.0%vs August
1,619
jobs
24-Mo TrendOCT '17 → SEP '19
1,619 lowSeptember 20192,282 peak
Hiring Jobs
1,619100.0%
Comp Data Points
135samples
Remote Share
30.9%
Top Skill
React
§ 00 Hiring Volume · 24-Mo Window
§ 01Compensation
Medians held firm despite the cooling posting count.
Based on 135 explicit salary data points parsed from full-time job threads.
Median Salary
USD148K
+1.7%+$2,500 vs August 2019
25th
$105k
75th
$401k
90th
$631k
Salary Distribution
Where the money lands
USD · THOUSANDSn=135
Median · 24-Mo Trend
24-month arc
vs Baseline
+9.2%
+$12,396
§ 02Technical Skills
React stays the language most asked for.
Keywords counted across 1,619 hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
#01
Top Skill
React82mentions↓ 8%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
Leaderboard
01
React-8%
8202
Python-23%
6503
AWS-13%
5304
JavaScript-27%
4605
Node.Js+0%
4106
PostgreSQL-16%
4107
Kubernetes+10%
3308
TypeScript-6%
3209
Docker-11%
3210
Go+8%
28Common Stacks
Top pairs co-mentioned
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + React14%
- Python + React13%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python12%
- React + TypeScript11%
- Node.Js + React11%
- PostgreSQL + React10%
Skills · 12-Mo Trend
How the leaders moved
ReactPythonAmazon Web Services (AWS)JavaScriptNode.Js3mo avg · React
57% of jobs include at least one technical skill · Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2019)
§ 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
30.9%
-0.6 ptsvs August 2019
Remote
30.9%
On-site / Hybrid
69.0%
Geographic Spread
12 countries represented
ACTIVENONE
01 United States
1,148posts
02 United Kingdom
161posts
03 Canada
124posts
04 Germany
77posts
1,845 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Arrangement Trend
Remote vs hybrid vs on-site
RemoteHybridOn-site· 24 months
Visa Sponsorship
19 posts offer sponsorship
1.2%
Offer sponsorship
191.2%
Explicitly decline
241.5%
Don't mention
157697.3%
Based on 1619 job posts in September 2019. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Work arrangement and location data for September 2019 · 1458 classified jobs
§ 04Year-Over-Year
September across the last five years.
Sep 2016
1,437
Sep 2017
1,805
Sep 2018
1,662
Sep 2019
CURRENT
1,619