Posted on 01/05/2016 1:24:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
By Brad Seraphin
As one of the leading IT recruiting firms in the nation, CyberCoders has accumulated a wealth of data relating to the most in-demand development skills for job seekers.
As a follow up to last year's article, 3 years of data (2013, 2014, and 2015) has been analyzed to yield 10 trends that provide skill demand insight for software engineers in 2016.
1. Java remains atop the list as the most demanded skill companies were looking for in 2015. This trend proceeds Java's 2014 dethroning of C++, the most demanded skill of 2013.
2. SQL consistently remains in the top 3 most demanded skills year after year. After 2 years as the 3rd most demanded skill, SQL moved up to 2nd most demanded skill in 2015.
3. Javascript, which was the 4th most demanded skill in 2013 and 2014, cracked the top 3 most demanded skills in 2015.
4. C++ continues a downward trend from 2014 when it dropped from 1st to 2nd, dropping from 2nd to 4th most demanded skill in 2015.
5. Python placed just outside the top 5 most demanded skills in 2013 and 2014, but finally cracked the top 5 most demanded skills in 2015, coming in at the 5th most demanded skill of the year.
6. C#, which had placed just above Python as the 5th most demanded skill in 2013 and 2014, dropped to the 6th most demanded skill in 2015.
7. Linux consistently ranked as the 7th most demanded skill in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
8. MySQL took a dip in 2014 after moving from 8th most demanded skill in 2013 to 9th most demanded skill, but then rebounded to 8th in 2015.
9. C/C++ fell from 9th most demanded skill in 2013 out of the top 10 in 2014, but then reclaimed the 9 spot in 2015.
10. .NET was absent from the 2013 top 10 of most demanded skills, jumped to 8th in 2014, and then fell to 10th in 2015.
While the trends found in the CyberCoders data are expected to hold strong in 2016, we will also see a substantial growth in the popularity of emerging technologies being used by companies like Google, Apple and Facebook and many start-up companies. The proliferation of these trending technologies should not be ignored, nor should their implications on the software development industry.
Jeff Fulton, who manages digital development for one of the world's largest toy companies and is a former Senior Game Developer for Zynga, has 17 years of web site and game development experience, and has published several books on development. "Angular, Node, Mongo and Express make up the biggest trending platforms," says Fulton. "I think large SQL data structures that use Oracle/SQL server are not and will not go away, but big data document databases will start to eat away more of their market share as people figure out which applications are suitable for them."
Node.js, Mongo / NoSql databases are progressive, popular, trending technologies highlighted in an earlier 2015 CyberCoders Insights post, which mentions Angular and GoLang as bleeding the edge technologies.
Fulton's insight into the moving pieces behind his 2016 trend expectations: "The emergence of ‘Mobile First' is going to push cross platform App development and web development closer to technologies like Cordova/Phone Gap. Many game developers have discovered C# because of Unity for cross platform games, but .Net as a platform for web apps will start to lose ground. I also see Java making a bigger push if they figure out a way for it to compile to Swift when Swift goes open source, or Swift might take over."
RE: My last adventures were in VBA, Lotus 123 for VAX, and COBOL.
What have you done since then?
Her Silicon Valley pole dancing name is “Ruby-on-Rails”.
She wants to by introduced to Python...
Alas. Nothing about writing good requirements...
Dang sparkplug, I always though of you as a noob. ;-)
:-)
I guess as long as you write some Java it will all magically fit together to create a killer app.
None. I retired. Programming was fun, especially the Lotus.
But that was long ago, and now my recreation seems to be in irritating other people. ;)
There are so many different languages in India that English is the only common language that Indians speak.
RE: Alas. Nothing about writing good requirements...
THAT my friend has always been the issue.
People ( especially recruiters and managers ) tend to associate “Software Engineer” with the ability to program in a selected language.
Just look at the job sites and look at the description of a typical Senior Software Engineering job ( let me choose one for you ). This from Moody’s Corporation:
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Role/Responsibilities We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer that will help us shape core products and extend existing solutions as part of our agile development team.
Participate in full life-cycle software development
Design, implement, and deploy highly scalable and reliable systems
Contribute ideas for new features and identify areas for
improvement proactively
Mentor the team on best practices, patterns, and
techniques
Work closely with the strategy,business and UX teams
Qualifications Qualifications:
We are looking for a highly-motivated, experienced Java Developer with strong technical, problem solving, and design skills. Team is responsible for developing backend services and processes which are critical to Moody’s ratings data flow.
Required Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
4+ years of Java/J2EE Programming experience in a
Unix/Linux environment
Solid understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms &
Object-Oriented design concepts
Proficiency with relational databases / SQL development
Experience designing and implementing REST and XML-based
web services
Big data experience is a plus
Ability to solve complicated problems with simple
solutions
Passion for new technologies and services
Understanding of Agile SDLC methodology
Excellent verbal and communication skills in English
Preferred Skills:
Experience with Spring & Hibernate, Maven
Experience with Agile Development
Positive, self-starter attitude and desire to exceed
expectations at every opportunity
Attention to detail and absolute focus on quality of work
Desire to learn and improve every day
I don’t doubt it. When I retired, I could feel my IQ slipping away and it has to manifest somewhere. #/^p
A programmer these days needs to do a LOT more than just program....that’s actually the part that requires the least amount of time.
A programmer these days must be part Project Manager, Business Analyst and Subject Matter Expert. He should know the jobs of the people using the Software better than they do.
If you are not all of those, odds are your job will be offshored, or you will be replaced by a foreigner who they just want to be a “heads down” coder for pennies on the dollar.
I'm proud to know you, and God bless you! ;-)
H1b should have been first on the list.
Well she would make more with a lapdance then a laptop
Excellent advice! And where the big money is.
And wouldn’t have to worry about getting screwed as much either.
Btw, I don't believe that lie at all!
I've seen lots of job listings that are just computer language listings. Unlike the companies with these listings, those companies will not be happy with the people they hire.
SQL = Structured Query Language.
Why do so many have so much trouble recognizing that it is a robust language and not just a few I/O statements?
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