Here are the results for the New York City area using nytimes.com:

Tool                    Postings
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Java                      83
C++                       74
Visual Basic              57
XML                       15
PERL                      26
ASP                       34
JSP                       15
Lotus Notes               18
Delphi                     1
Visual FoxPro              2

Oracle                    64
Sybase                    41
SQL Server                15

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>>Hi all,
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>>In light of recent questions posted about what software development skills to invest in I thought I'd do a simple search on the Boston Globe's classified section.
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>>Here are the results by category by number of postings (descending):
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>>These results are for the Boston area only.
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>>Category: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGES/TOOLS

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>>Tool                    Postings
>>----                    --------
>>Java                      279
>>C++/Visual C++            198
>>Visual Basic              139
>>XML                       119
>>PERL                      108
>>ASP                        64
>>JSP                        29
>>Lotus Notes                27
>>Delphi                      3
>>Visual FoxPro               2
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>>Category:  DATABASES
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>>Tool                    Postings
>>----                    --------
>>Oracle                    211
>>Sybase                     94
>>SQL Server                 60
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>>From these results I would say that the Boston area does not favor MS-related development tools although Visual Basic and Visual C++ still remain quite popular. By far the most popular combination appears to be Oracle with Java or C++. I was also suprised to see SQL Server significantly below Sybase.
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>>These are merely results from a single source on a single locale. I would encourage others to do similair searches on their locales or perhaps on a national/international level to get a true indication of what's in demand in today's corporate IT and software development markets.
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>>-JT