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May 2012
Hiring volume summary
477 Jobs
+12% MoM
+50 jobs from April 2012
14-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
357 Jobs
+34% above historical avg (14mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 14-month average through May 2012
Absolute growth
+50 Jobs
Now: 477
Prev: 427
Net change vs April 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 14 months through May 2012
2nd highest job count in the 14-month window
Compensation
$200k Median Salary
Based on 4 of 477 jobs (1%) that listed compensation
-33.3% MoM
$-100,000 vs April 2012
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 missing
P25 $103k
Median $200k
P75 $613k
P90 missing >
Vs 14-mo baseline
-30%
$-86,423 vs 14-mo median ($286k)
Comparison vs 14-month median through May 2012
Salary change
$-100,000
Now: $200k
Prev: $300k
Change vs April 2012
Historical strength
Rank: 10th
of 14 months through May 2012
10th highest median salary in the 14-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+18% MoM
+0 pts vs April 2012
Top Skills Required
78% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python12% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + JavaScript12% of jobs
- Android + IOS12% of jobs
- JavaScript + UX/UI11% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby11% of jobs
- HTML/CSS + UX/UI9% of jobs
Trending Skills
- Django↑180%
- Redis↑167%
- Python↑125%
- Android↑120%
- Machine Learning↑100%
Declining skills
- Git↓63%
- GitHub↓43%
- C↓40%
- Make↓33%
- EC2↓20%
Stable Skills
- MongoDB±0.5%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)±0.6%
- Android±0.7%
- IOS±0.7%
- Django±0.8%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2012)
Location & Remote
52.8%Remote
+7.2 pct pts MoM
remote share vs April 2012
Work arrangement trend (13 months)
Based on 127 classified jobs (350 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
482 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 477 job posts in May 2012. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-8.6 pts
vs 13-month average remote share (61.4% avg); this month 52.8%
13-month remote share window through May 2012
Hybrid trend
-2.1 pts
vs 13-month average hybrid share (5.2% avg); this month 3.1%
13-month hybrid share window through May 2012
On-site trend
+10.8 pts
vs 13-month average on-site share (33.3% avg); this month 44.1%
13-month on-site share window through May 2012
Visa trend
-0.3 pts
vs 13-month average sponsorship share (0.3% avg); this month 0.0%
13-month sponsorship share window through May 2012
Work arrangement and location data for May 2012
More sections for this monthly view will follow.