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April 2016
Hiring volume summary
1,395 Jobs
-14% MoM
-227 jobs from March 2016
7-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,343 Jobs
+4% above historical avg (7mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 7-month average through April 2016
Absolute growth
-227 Jobs
Now: 1,395
Prev: 1,622
Net change vs March 2016
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 7 months through April 2016
4th highest job count in the 7-month window
Compensation
$135k Median Salary
Based on 136 of 1,395 jobs (10%) that listed compensation
-32.5% MoM
$-65,000 vs March 2016
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $70k
P25 $105k
Median $135k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 7-mo baseline
-52%
$-149,000 vs 7-mo median ($284k)
Comparison vs 7-month median through April 2016
Salary change
$-65,000
Now: $135k
Prev: $200k
Change vs March 2016
Historical strength
Rank: 7th
of 7 months through April 2016
7th highest median salary in the 7-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-9% MoM
+0 pts vs March 2016
Top Skills Required
57% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js5% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python5% of jobs
- React + Ruby On Rails5% of jobs
- Python + React4% of jobs
- Ruby + Ruby On Rails4% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Microsoft SQL Server↑100%
- TypeScript↑80%
- Cassandra↑67%
- GitHub↑42%
- Clojure↑33%
Declining skills
- Django↓64%
- RabbitMQ↓55%
- HTML/CSS↓50%
- AngularJS↓45%
- Docker↓44%
Stable Skills
- Java±0.1%
- MongoDB±0.1%
- Angular±0.2%
- Redis±0.2%
- PHP±0.2%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through April 2016)
Location & Remote
23.7%Remote
-1.4 pct pts MoM
remote share vs March 2016
Work arrangement trend (7 months)
Based on 1133 classified jobs (262 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1549 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
23 posts (1.6%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1395 job posts in April 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-1.9 pts
vs 7-month average remote share (25.6% avg); this month 23.7%
7-month remote share window through April 2016
Hybrid trend
+1.6 pts
vs 7-month average hybrid share (4.5% avg); this month 6.1%
7-month hybrid share window through April 2016
On-site trend
+0.3 pts
vs 7-month average on-site share (69.9% avg); this month 70.2%
7-month on-site share window through April 2016
Visa trend
+0.5 pts
vs 7-month average sponsorship share (1.1% avg); this month 1.6%
7-month sponsorship share window through April 2016
Work arrangement and location data for April 2016
More sections for this monthly view will follow.