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October 2015
Hiring volume summary
1,394 Jobs
-19% MoM
-330 jobs from September 2015
24-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,067 Jobs
+31% above historical avg (24mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 24-month average through October 2015
Absolute growth
-330 Jobs
Now: 1,394
Prev: 1,724
Net change vs September 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 7th
of 24 months through October 2015
7th highest job count in the 24-month window
Compensation
$250k Median Salary
Based on 52 of 1,394 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+66.7% MoM
+$100,000 vs September 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $70k
P25 $133k
Median $250k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 24-mo baseline
+25%
+$50,417 vs 24-mo median ($200k)
Comparison vs 24-month median through October 2015
Salary change
+$100,000
Now: $250k
Prev: $150k
Change vs September 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 4th
of 24 months through October 2015
4th highest median salary in the 24-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
+0% MoM
+1 pts vs September 2015
Top Skills Required
87% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- Android + IOS20% of jobs
- JavaScript + Python11% of jobs
- Python + IOS8% of jobs
- Android + Python7% of jobs
- Django + Python7% of jobs
- JavaScript + IOS7% of jobs
Trending Skills
- IoT↑150%
- D3.Js↑133%
- Jenkins↑100%
- Swift↑100%
- Make↑70%
Declining skills
- R↓57%
- Ubuntu↓50%
- Hadoop↓44%
- Flask↓40%
- Elasticsearch↓36%
Stable Skills
- Django±0.3%
- Go±0.3%
- Java±0.4%
- IOS±0.4%
- Git±0.4%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through October 2015)
Location & Remote
27.6%Remote
+1.8 pct pts MoM
remote share vs September 2015
Work arrangement trend (24 months)
Based on 1020 classified jobs (374 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1472 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
23 posts (1.6%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1394 job posts in October 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-24.1 pts
vs 24-month average remote share (51.7% avg); this month 27.6%
24-month remote share window through October 2015
Hybrid trend
-1.8 pts
vs 24-month average hybrid share (6.4% avg); this month 4.6%
24-month hybrid share window through October 2015
On-site trend
+25.8 pts
vs 24-month average on-site share (41.9% avg); this month 67.7%
24-month on-site share window through October 2015
Visa trend
+0.8 pts
vs 24-month average sponsorship share (0.8% avg); this month 1.6%
24-month sponsorship share window through October 2015
Work arrangement and location data for October 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.