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September 2011

Hiring volume summary

394 Jobs

+2% MoM

+8 jobs from August 2011

6-MONTH hiring volume trend

Monthly volume3mo rolling avg

Market anchor

405 Jobs

-3% below historical avg (6mo)

MeanThis month

Vs 6-month average through September 2011

Absolute growth

+8 Jobs

Now: 394

Prev: 386

Net change vs August 2011

Historical strength

Rank: 5th

of 6 months through September 2011

5th highest job count in the 6-month window

Compensation

$40k Median Salary

Based on 30 of 394 jobs (8%) that listed compensation

-52.4% MoM

$-44,000 vs August 2011

Median salary trend

Median salary3mo rolling avg

Salary distribution

P10 $25k

P25 $40k

Median $40k

P75 $225k

P90 $401k >

Vs 6-mo baseline

-80%

$-163,083 vs 6-mo median ($203k)

Comparison vs 6-month median through September 2011

Salary change

$-44,000

Now: $40k

Prev: $84k

Change vs August 2011

Historical strength

Rank: 6th

of 6 months through September 2011

6th highest median salary in the 6-month window

Technical Skills Overview

JavaScriptTop Skill

+0% MoM

0 pts vs August 2011

Top Skills Required

JavaScript7%
Python6%
Ruby On Rails6%
Ruby4%
JQuery4%
MySQL4%
PHP4%
Java3%
HTML/CSS3%
Redis3%

83% of jobs include at least one technical skill

Common Skill Stacks

Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs

  • Java + Python12% of jobs
  • Ruby + Ruby On Rails11% of jobs
  • JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
  • Django + Python10% of jobs
  • HTML/CSS + Python9% of jobs
  • PHP + Python8% of jobs

Trending Skills

  • Redis100%
  • C100%
  • C++67%
  • Python25%
  • Ruby On Rails22%

Declining skills

  • Perl67%
  • IOS57%
  • Git55%
  • PostgreSQL50%
  • HTML/CSS43%

Stable Skills

  • SQL±0.3%
  • Scala±0.3%
  • Django±0.4%
  • MongoDB±0.4%
  • Python±0.5%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2011)

Location & Remote

69.5%Remote

+15.2 pct pts MoM

remote share vs August 2011

69.5%Remote(73)
5.7%Hybrid(6)
24.8%On-site(26)
Regional: 12Global: 16Unspecified: 45

Work arrangement trend (6 months)

RemoteHybridOn-site

Based on 105 classified jobs (289 unspecified excluded)

Where Jobs Are

United States: 332 jobs332Asia: 35 jobs35United Kingdom: 27 jobs27Canada: 16 jobs16Europe (EU): 14 jobs14Latin America: 3 jobs3
United States
33277.8%
Asia
358.2%
United Kingdom
276.3%
Canada
163.7%
Europe (EU)
143.3%
Latin America
30.7%

427 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)

Top Countries

1United States326
2United Kingdom27
3India26
4Canada16
5Czechia5
6Finland5
7Argentina3
8Germany2
9France1
10Japan1
11Poland1

Visa Sponsorship

2 posts (0.5%)

explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month

Offer sponsorship20.5%
Explicitly decline00%
Don't mention it39299.5%

Based on 394 job posts in September 2011. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.

Remote trend

+5.1 pts

vs 6-month average remote share (64.4% avg); this month 69.5%

6-month remote share window through September 2011

Hybrid trend

+3.7 pts

vs 6-month average hybrid share (2.0% avg); this month 5.7%

6-month hybrid share window through September 2011

On-site trend

-8.8 pts

vs 6-month average on-site share (33.6% avg); this month 24.8%

6-month on-site share window through September 2011

Visa trend

+0.3 pts

vs 6-month average sponsorship share (0.2% avg); this month 0.5%

6-month sponsorship share window through September 2011

Work arrangement and location data for September 2011

More sections for this monthly view will follow.