I can vouch for the same type of numbers in the Los Angeles area. I haven't looked in a while, but I was looking about 6 months ago and saw these type of numbers. As a matter of fact, I watched VFP go down, during the month or 2 I was looking, from about 75 posts to 50 posts on DICE. Just for the heck of it I checked the other nite and DICE was down to 10 for VFP. Of those 10 only 1-2 was for a VFP developer, the others had VFP listed as a plus.

I know in the LA area, Oracle DBA or Java skills will get you a job the same day you start to look.

PF

>Hi all,
>
>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.
>
>Here are the results by category by number of postings (descending):
>
>These results are for the Boston area only.
>
>Category: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGES/TOOLS
>
>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
>
>Category: DATABASES
>
>Tool Postings
>---- --------
>Oracle 211
>Sybase 94
>SQL Server 60
>
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>-JT