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January 2016
Hiring volume summary
874 Jobs
-5% MoM
-50 jobs from December 2015
4-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,209 Jobs
-28% below historical avg (4mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 4-month average through January 2016
Absolute growth
-50 Jobs
Now: 874
Prev: 924
Net change vs December 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 4 months through January 2016
4th highest job count in the 4-month window
Compensation
$401k Median Salary
Based on 46 of 874 jobs (5%) that listed compensation
+0.0% MoM
+$0 vs December 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $70k
P25 $98k
Median $401k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 4-mo baseline
+28%
+$88,000 vs 4-mo median ($313k)
Comparison vs 4-month median through January 2016
Salary change
+$0
Now: $401k
Prev: $401k
Change vs December 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 1st
of 4 months through January 2016
1st highest median salary in the 4-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+61% MoM
+3 pts vs December 2015
Top Skills Required
73% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
- Go + JavaScript6% of jobs
- Go + Python6% of jobs
- Python + React5% of jobs
- Django + Python5% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python4% of jobs
Trending Skills
- GitHub↑250%
- SQL↑240%
- JQuery↑200%
- Clojure↑167%
- Ruby On Rails↑118%
Declining skills
- Scala↓64%
- Hadoop↓60%
- Cassandra↓40%
- Elasticsearch↓38%
- Redis↓29%
Stable Skills
- Java±0.1%
- MySQL±0.1%
- Angular±0.1%
- Docker±0.3%
- Redis±0.3%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through January 2016)
Location & Remote
24.7%Remote
-3.1 pct pts MoM
remote share vs December 2015
Work arrangement trend (4 months)
Based on 726 classified jobs (148 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
949 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
9 posts (1%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 874 job posts in January 2016. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-1.6 pts
vs 4-month average remote share (26.3% avg); this month 24.7%
4-month remote share window through January 2016
Hybrid trend
-0.3 pts
vs 4-month average hybrid share (4.2% avg); this month 3.9%
4-month hybrid share window through January 2016
On-site trend
+2.0 pts
vs 4-month average on-site share (69.5% avg); this month 71.5%
4-month on-site share window through January 2016
Visa trend
-0.2 pts
vs 4-month average sponsorship share (1.2% avg); this month 1.0%
4-month sponsorship share window through January 2016
Work arrangement and location data for January 2016
More sections for this monthly view will follow.