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
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>>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
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>>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
--sb--