Most In-Demand Programming Languages [infographic]

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Businesswoman with magnifier glass examining binary code What Idon’t know about programming is a whole lot. What I do know is that no matter what field you’re in, what industry you market to or what vertical you recruit out of, these programming skills matter. Furthermore, they change from time-to-time and if you are not working directly with programmers in office, day-in and day-out, you have a limited view on what’s the latest, most important or just plain in demand.

That’s why I love this research that CodeEval put out that shows just what programming languages are most in demand RIGHT NOW. So if you’re like me and think that Java refers to your morning coffee or that Cobol used to be popular….right? Didn’t it? This research will help you not only sound like you know what you’re talking about—but ya’ know—actually KNOW what you’re talking about. Enjoy!

Some things to note:

  • Python is still the king of coding languages, dominating the survey of more than 2,000 employers
  • Objective C grew substantially (by 300%!) followed by 100 percent growth in C#
  • Java shrank by 14 percent while Javascript increased 33 percent
  • PHP saw a big decrease, a whopping 55 percent

After the jump, check out the parameters (“these” refer to coding tests, not necessarily new jobs in coding; so, the shifts in testing could be because hiring managers and teams have a better handle on how to test for the older languages… but that’s my own hypothesis.)

 

 

Every year we release data on the “Most Popular Programming Languages” based on thousands of data points we’ve collected by processing over 100,000+ coding tests and challenges by over 2,000+ employers.

This gives us a pretty good idea on what the trends are for the upcoming year in terms of what companies are looking for.  It’s data we hope will be especially helpful for new computer sciences graduates or coders looking to stay ahead of the curve.

For the third year in a row, Python retains its #1 dominance followed by Java, C++, and Javascript.

This year’s most noticeable changes were a 300% increase in Objective-C submissions, a 100% surge in C#, as well as a 33% increase in Javascript submissions while PHP lost -55%, Pearl dropped -16%, and Java shrank -14%.

 

By Maren Hogan