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December 2012
Hiring volume summary
504 Jobs
+15% MoM
+67 jobs from November 2012
21-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
386 Jobs
+31% above historical avg (21mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 21-month average through December 2012
Absolute growth
+67 Jobs
Now: 504
Prev: 437
Net change vs November 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 21 months through December 2012
1st highest job count in the 21-month window
Compensation
$80k Median Salary
Based on 39 of 504 jobs (8%) that listed compensation
-80.0% MoM
$-321,000 vs November 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $23k
P25 $40k
Median $80k
P75 $150k
P90 $401k >
Vs 21-mo baseline
-70%
$-183,300 vs 21-mo median ($263k)
Comparison vs 21-month median through December 2012
Salary change
$-321,000
Now: $80k
Prev: $401k
Change vs November 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 17th
of 21 months through December 2012
17th highest median salary in the 21-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-24% MoM
-3 pts vs November 2012
Top Skills Required
69% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript16% of jobs
- Android + IOS15% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS10% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails9% of jobs
- Android + JavaScript9% of jobs
Trending Skills
- PostgreSQL↑83%
- Make↑50%
- UX/UI↑38%
- MongoDB↑33%
- Redis↑25%
Declining skills
- Go↓57%
- MySQL↓54%
- Django↓50%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)↓50%
- Android↓43%
Stable Skills
- Node.Js±0.5%
- MySQL±0.5%
- Make±0.6%
- IOS±0.6%
- GitHub±0.6%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through December 2012)
Location & Remote
58.1%Remote
+4.7 pct pts MoM
remote share vs November 2012
Work arrangement trend (20 months)
Based on 124 classified jobs (380 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
520 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
5 posts (1%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 504 job posts in December 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-1.0 pts
vs 20-month average remote share (59.1% avg); this month 58.1%
20-month remote share window through December 2012
Hybrid trend
+16.5 pts
vs 20-month average hybrid share (6.9% avg); this month 23.4%
20-month hybrid share window through December 2012
On-site trend
-15.5 pts
vs 20-month average on-site share (34.0% avg); this month 18.5%
20-month on-site share window through December 2012
Visa trend
+0.6 pts
vs 20-month average sponsorship share (0.4% avg); this month 1.0%
20-month sponsorship share window through December 2012
Work arrangement and location data for December 2012
More sections for this monthly view will follow.