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August 2012
Hiring volume summary
456 Jobs
+40% MoM
+130 jobs from July 2012
17-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
368 Jobs
+24% above historical avg (17mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 17-month average through August 2012
Absolute growth
+130 Jobs
Now: 456
Prev: 326
Net change vs July 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 17 months through August 2012
4th highest job count in the 17-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 20 of 456 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+60.1% MoM
+$150,500 vs July 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $50k
P25 $401k
Median $401k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 17-mo baseline
+40%
+$115,062 vs 17-mo median ($286k)
Comparison vs 17-month median through August 2012
Salary change
+$150,500
Now: $401k
Prev: $251k
Change vs July 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 17 months through August 2012
1st highest median salary in the 17-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+29% MoM
-1 pts vs July 2012
Top Skills Required
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript15% of jobs
- Android + IOS14% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python13% of jobs
- JavaScript + UX/UI11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS9% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Android↑367%
- IOS↑200%
- SQL↑167%
- Machine Learning↑133%
- Objective-C↑100%
Declining skills
- Node.Js↓25%
- Windows↓20%
- PostgreSQL↓17%
- Ruby↓1.2%
- Linux (Non-WSL)↓1.1%
Stable Skills
- MongoDB±0.7%
- Android±0.8%
- Django±0.8%
- IOS±0.9%
- UX/UI±1%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through August 2012)
Location & Remote
45.7%Remote
-13.3 pct pts MoM
remote share vs July 2012
Work arrangement trend (16 months)
Based on 140 classified jobs (316 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
459 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
0 posts (0%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 456 job posts in August 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-14.7 pts
vs 16-month average remote share (60.4% avg); this month 45.7%
16-month remote share window through August 2012
Hybrid trend
+5.8 pts
vs 16-month average hybrid share (5.6% avg); this month 11.4%
16-month hybrid share window through August 2012
On-site trend
+8.8 pts
vs 16-month average on-site share (34.1% avg); this month 42.9%
16-month on-site share window through August 2012
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 16-month average sponsorship share (0.3% avg); this month 0.0%
16-month sponsorship share window through August 2012
Work arrangement and location data for August 2012
More sections for this monthly view will follow.