May 2017 - Tracking the most popular programming languages, databases and software development tools in whoishiring discussion threads.
Python remains undefeated in 2017, just edging out React. The margin of victory was just 2 posts, 184 - 182 and React was winning as of last week. Perhaps June will bring a new champion.
Overall, postings were up, with the 2nd highest total ever and up 21% from April. The tech job industry appears healthy given this window into hiring.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Machine Learning is making a move towards the top 5, coming in at 6, its highest ranking ever. Postgresql made a big move from 13 to 7 as well as it continues to pull away from MySQL as the dominant application RDBMS.
Compare JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Java
Compare C++, Scala, Clojure and Go
Compare Rails, Node.js, PHP and Django
Compare React, AngularJS, Vue.js and Ember
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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| AWS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | +1 |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 9 | +3 | 14 | +8 |
| Postgresql | 7 | 13 | +6 | 15 | +8 |
| Java | 8 | 11 | +3 | 16 | +8 |
| node.js | 9 | 6 | -3 | 9 | 0 |
| Rails | 10 | 8 | -2 | 10 | 0 |
| Ruby | 11 | 7 | -4 | 13 | +2 |
| DevOps | 12 | 10 | -2 | 7 | -5 |
| iOS | 13 | 12 | -1 | 5 | -8 |
| passionate | 14 | 15 | +1 | 12 | -2 |
| AngularJS | 15 | 17 | +2 | 8 | -7 |
| Android | 16 | 14 | -2 | 11 | -5 |
| Docker | 17 | 16 | -1 | 17 | 0 |
| api | 18 | 18 | 0 | 19 | +1 |
| Redis | 19 | 20 | +1 | 21 | +2 |
| linux | 20 | 21 | +1 | 23 | +3 |