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September 2015
Hiring volume summary
1,724 Jobs
+1% MoM
+13 jobs from August 2015
7-MONTH hiring volume trend
Market anchor
1,592 Jobs
+8% above historical avg (7mo)
MeanThis month
Vs 7-month average through September 2015
Absolute growth
+13 Jobs
Now: 1,724
Prev: 1,711
Net change vs August 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 2nd
of 7 months through September 2015
2nd highest job count in the 7-month window
Compensation
$150k Median Salary
Based on 66 of 1,724 jobs (4%) that listed compensation
+15.4% MoM
+$20,000 vs August 2015
Median salary trend
Salary distribution
P10 $40k
P25 $84k
Median $150k
P75 $401k
P90 $401k >
Vs 7-mo baseline
-6%
$-10,357 vs 7-mo median ($160k)
Comparison vs 7-month median through September 2015
Salary change
+$20,000
Now: $150k
Prev: $130k
Change vs August 2015
Historical strength
Rank: 3rd
of 7 months through September 2015
3rd highest median salary in the 7-month window
Technical Skills Overview
JavaScriptTop Skill
-23% MoM
-1 pts vs August 2015
Top Skills Required
58% of jobs include at least one technical skill
Common Skill Stacks
Top pairs of 2 skills in current jobs
- JavaScript + Python10% of jobs
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) + Python6% of jobs
- Django + Python5% of jobs
- JavaScript + Node.Js5% of jobs
- JavaScript + Ruby5% of jobs
- Java + Python5% of jobs
Trending Skills
- HTML/CSS↑167%
- Django↑33%
- Ansible↑29%
- JQuery↑25%
- Go↑23%
Declining skills
- Clojure↓64%
- WordPress↓57%
- Windows↓57%
- Scala↓50%
- Jenkins↓50%
Stable Skills
- Go±0.2%
- PHP±0.2%
- Django±0.2%
- MongoDB±0.2%
- Make±0.2%
Skill Trends
Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill (12 months through September 2015)
Location & Remote
25.9%Remote
+0.1 pct pts MoM
remote share vs August 2015
Work arrangement trend (7 months)
Based on 1225 classified jobs (499 unspecified excluded)
Where Jobs Are
1915 jobs with identifiable location (jobs may appear in multiple regions)
Top Countries
Visa Sponsorship
16 posts (0.9%)
explicitly offer visa sponsorship this month
Based on 1724 job posts in September 2015. Most posts do not explicitly state their visa policy.
Remote trend
-14.8 pts
vs 7-month average remote share (40.7% avg); this month 25.9%
7-month remote share window through September 2015
Hybrid trend
-0.9 pts
vs 7-month average hybrid share (5.4% avg); this month 4.5%
7-month hybrid share window through September 2015
On-site trend
+15.7 pts
vs 7-month average on-site share (53.9% avg); this month 69.6%
7-month on-site share window through September 2015
Visa trend
-0.1 pts
vs 7-month average sponsorship share (1.0% avg); this month 0.9%
7-month sponsorship share window through September 2015
Work arrangement and location data for September 2015
More sections for this monthly view will follow.