February 2017 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
February saw a big bump in job postings, reaching an all-time high for whoishiring. But, even with the large number of postings, overall trends largely remained the same with Python, React and JavaScript taking the top 3 spots again, mirroring January's results.
The most identifiable trends at this point is in the area of containers with Docker and Kubernetes seeing big jumps over the last year, fueled by the rise of micrsoservices.
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, node.js, PHP and Django
Node.js beat out Rails for the fifth straight month, with perhaps its largest margin of victory too.
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
| Tech | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| React | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 |
| JavaScript | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| Full Stack | 4 | 5 | +1 | 6 | +2 |
| Java | 5 | 9 | +4 | 11 | +6 |
| node.js | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | +4 |
| AWS | 7 | 4 | -3 | 4 | -3 |
| Ruby | 8 | 10 | +2 | 9 | +1 |
| Rails | 9 | 7 | -2 | 7 | -2 |
| Machine Learning | 10 | 8 | -2 | 14 | +4 |
| DevOps | 11 | 12 | +1 | 15 | +4 |
| Android | 12 | 14 | +2 | 8 | -4 |
| iOS | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | -8 |
| Docker | 14 | 17 | +3 | 18 | +4 |
| Postgresql | 15 | 11 | -4 | 13 | -2 |
| AngularJS | 16 | 19 | +3 | 12 | -4 |
| passionate | 17 | 15 | -2 | 16 | -1 |
| linux | 18 | 20 | +2 | 34 | +16 |
| Open Source | 19 | 16 | -3 | 21 | +2 |
| api | 20 | 21 | +1 | 32 | +12 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rust | 6 | 99 | 0 | 185 | +86 |
| Kinesis | 5 | 106 | 0 | 190 | +84 |
| Akka | 7 | 91 | 1 | 160 | +69 |
| Kubernetes | 37 | 35 | 4 | 103 | +68 |
| Azure | 12 | 72 | 3 | 124 | +52 |
| Microservices | 35 | 37 | 7 | 78 | +41 |
| TypeScript | 15 | 64 | 4 | 105 | +41 |
| ASP.NET MVC | 6 | 98 | 2 | 132 | +34 |
| Redshift | 8 | 85 | 3 | 117 | +32 |
| Elixir | 10 | 77 | 3 | 108 | +31 |
| Tech | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flux | 3 | 139 | 7 | 81 | -58 |
| Pandas | 4 | 120 | 7 | 74 | -46 |
| CoffeeScript | 6 | 97 | 14 | 52 | -45 |
| statistics | 8 | 82 | 15 | 47 | -35 |
| Bootstrap | 4 | 113 | 6 | 82 | -31 |
| jQuery | 9 | 80 | 15 | 49 | -31 |
| D3.js | 8 | 83 | 14 | 55 | -28 |
| Sass | 8 | 86 | 12 | 59 | -27 |
| WordPress | 4 | 109 | 6 | 86 | -23 |
| Cassandra | 13 | 67 | 16 | 44 | -23 |