April 2016 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
Software development and programming technologies move so fast that it's not often that developers can slow down and take a breath. This is that month, as nothing really jumps out at me as a big trend.
For starters, the overall posting count was down on both a month-over-month and year-over-year basis. It was a Friday, and April Fools Day, so perhaps job posters were avoiding the web like everybody else.
Up top, Python has retaken the crown, edging out JavaScript. Looking into the top 10, Full Stack and DevOps have joined and node.js has rejoined.
One change to note, based on the suggestion from Markus Tacker I've added "Remote" to the trends this month to get an idea of how, or how not, Remote work trends are changing.
Happy trending, see anything that catches your eye?
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Compare AngularJS, Backbone, Ember and React
Compare Postgresql, MySQL and SQL Server
Compare Mongodb, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and Riak
Compare Storm, Hadoop and Spark
Compare Kafka, RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ
Compare Chef, Puppet, Ansible and the DevOps term itself
Compare Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos and Vagrant
Compare Senior and Junior engineers
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| JavaScript | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Senior | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 | +3 |
| Remote | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| React | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | +21 |
| Rails | 6 | 7 | +1 | 8 | +2 |
| Full Stack | 7 | 11 | +4 | 10 | +3 |
| node.js | 8 | 14 | +6 | 13 | +5 |
| iOS | 9 | 6 | -3 | 4 | -5 |
| DevOps | 10 | 17 | +7 | 15 | +5 |
| AWS | 11 | 10 | -1 | 11 | 0 |
| Android | 12 | 8 | -4 | 9 | -3 |
| Ruby | 13 | 9 | -4 | 5 | -8 |
| AngularJS | 14 | 13 | -1 | 7 | -7 |
| passionate | 15 | 15 | 0 | 14 | -1 |
| Java | 16 | 12 | -4 | 12 | -4 |
| Machine Learning | 17 | 16 | -1 | 19 | +2 |
| Postgresql | 18 | 18 | 0 | 16 | -2 |
| Open Source | 19 | 25 | +6 | 22 | +3 |
| Redis | 20 | 27 | +7 | 23 | +3 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | 6 | 85 | 0 | 215 | +130 |
| Babel | 6 | 88 | 0 | 214 | +126 |
| Kubernetes | 7 | 78 | 0 | 184 | +106 |
| App Engine | 7 | 79 | 1 | 161 | +82 |
| WebGL | 5 | 92 | 1 | 158 | +66 |
| AI | 9 | 76 | 3 | 120 | +44 |
| Gulp | 5 | 93 | 3 | 126 | +33 |
| Spring | 7 | 82 | 4 | 115 | +33 |
| golang | 14 | 51 | 8 | 80 | +29 |
| NLP | 10 | 69 | 5 | 97 | +28 |