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January 2015
Hiring volume summary
596 Jobs
-40% MoM
-393 jobs from December 2014
10-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
861 Jobs
-31% below historical avg (10mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 10-month average through January 2015
Absolute growth
-393 Jobs
Now: 596
Prev: 989
Net change vs December 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 10th
of 10 months through January 2015
10th highest job count in the 10-month window
Compensation
$175k Median Salary
Based on 42 of 596 jobs (7%) that listed compensation
-30.0% MoM
$-75,000 vs December 2014
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $20k
P25 $101k
Median $175k
P75 $401k
P90 $1,000k >
Vs 10-mo baseline
-18%
$-38,700 vs 10-mo median ($214k)
Comparison vs 10-month median through January 2015
Salary change
$-75,000
Now: $175k
Prev: $250k
Change vs December 2014
Historical strength
Rank: 9th
of 10 months through January 2015
9th highest median salary in the 10-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-46% MoM
-1 pts vs December 2014
Top Skills Required
80% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python16% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby On Rails8% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js8% of jobs
- Go + JavaScript7% of jobs
- C + Python7% of jobs
- PostgreSQL + Python6% of jobs
Trending Skills
- EC2↑25%
- Flask↑25%
Declining skills
- MongoDB↓67%
- GitHub↓67%
- D3.Js↓67%
- C↓65%
- Redis↓64%
Stable Skills
- PHP±0.3%
- Django±0.3%
- SQL±0.3%
- Redis±0.3%
- Go±0.4%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2015)
Location & Remote
59.7%Remote
+8.9 pct pts MoM
remote share vs December 2014
Work arrangement trend (10 months)
Based on 236 classified jobs (360 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
685 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
1 posts (0.2%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 596 job posts in January 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
+1.5 pts
vs 10-month average remote share (58.2% avg); this month 59.7%
10-month remote share window through January 2015
Hybrid trend
-1.1 pts
vs 10-month average hybrid share (6.2% avg); this month 5.1%
10-month hybrid share window through January 2015
On-site trend
-0.4 pts
vs 10-month average on-site share (35.6% avg); this month 35.2%
10-month on-site share window through January 2015
Visa trend
-0.7 pts
vs 10-month average sponsorship share (0.9% avg); this month 0.2%
10-month sponsorship share window through January 2015
Work arrangement and location data for January 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.