Most Common Skills among Developers are JavaScript and SQL

Most Common Skills among Developers are JavaScript and SQLMost Common Skills among Developers are JavaScript and SQLMost Common Skills among Developers are JavaScript and SQLBack in March 2016, Stack Overflow, a community of 4.7 million programmers helping each other, released the results of their 2016 survey of more than 50,000 developers.Software developers are one of the fruchtwein sought after professionals online and employed by nearly every major company. There are many synonyms for developer which includes programmer, engineer, coder, architect, consultant, and developer. To give you some insight into what developers are up to our Intelligence team dug into Stack Overflows 2016 study to bring you the fruchtwein relevant insight.Key Insights about DevelopersJavaScript remains the fruchtwein popular programming language in the worldReact is the fastest growing technology on Stack Overflow along with SwiftObjective-C is in declineRust is the most-loved programming language and a higher percentage of developers who program with it want to continue to do so more than any other programming languageVisual Basic is the most dreaded language and a higher percentage of developers who program with it dont want to continue with it more than any other programming languageDeveloper Job TitlesA quote from Stack Overflow analysts10% of respondents self-identified as Ninjas. Real ninjas dont tell you theyre ninjas. They just sneak up on you and slit your throat, which generally constitutes a hostile workplace environment.Most developers describe themselves as a Developer (72%) and/or Programmer (60%) but will reference Software Engineer on a resume because it sounds importantDevelopers are least likely to identify with job titles like Guru, Ninja, Rockstar, etc.Most developers surveyed consider themselves Web DevelopersThe most common occupations referenced were Full-stack Web Developer, Back-End Web Developer, Mobile Developer (Android, iOS, WP, and Multi-Platform), Des ktop Developer, and Front-End Web Developer11% of respondents were studentsEducation among DevelopersThe most popular way to learn programming is Self-Taught45% of those surveyed have a college degree in computer science or related fieldMost developers learn through some combination of self-study, on-the-job training, and academic studyDeveloper SkillsJavaScript and SQL are the most popular skills and have been since the survey began in 2013SQL had declined a bit in popularity due in part to the rise of NoSQL databases that use JavaScript as its querying languageCloud technologies like Spark and Cassandra pay better than anything elseThe median salary for developers in the US who know Spark is $125KFor the second year in a row Rust, Swift and Go make the list for most loved programming languagesDevelopers who dont currently develop with Android, Node and Angular want to do soThe average developer regularly uses between 4 and 5 major programming languages, frameworks and technologies The most common 2-technology combination is JavaScript and SQLThe most common 3-technology combination is JavaScript, PHP, and SQLMac OS X is now the most popular operating systemsIn 2015, the most popular operation system was Windows 7Combined, Windows is the most popular operation systemAge Breakdown of DevelopersThe average age of a developer is 29.6 years oldThe median age is 27mora than half (59%) of developers are under 30 years oldCompared to other countries the oldest developers are in the United States with an average age of 32 yearsThe average developer in India is 6 years young than the average developer in the United States50% of the respondents have over 6 years of experienceWhy are developers so young?Quincy Larson, a teacher at Free Code Camp, an open source community that helps people learn to code, believes while age discrimination is probably a factor there are other things to consider. Some possible explanations Larson gives for thisSoftware engineers often move i nto managementSoftware engineers make a lot of money and are able to retire earlierIn the developing world, where about 80% of people live, software engineering only recently became a viable careerThe world population skews young the average human being is only 30Software engineers may burn out before they reach an older ageWomen Who CodeMore women are coding today but there is plenty of room for growth and new generations may be heading that way. Admittedly, Stack Overflow believes the number of women developers are underrepresented in this survey. Only 6% of the total respondents to this survey identified themselves as women.Women developers are more likely to identify themselves as a DesignerThe most common occupations referenced among women were Designer, Quality Assurance, Front-end Web Developer, Mobile Developer Android, and Data Scientist6% of women respondents were Machine Learning Developers a highly technical and rigorous field according to some developersWomen are more likely to be Machine Learning Developers or Quality Assurance Developers than MenThere are roughly at least 9 male developers for every 1 womenWomen developers are more likely to be under 30 or over 50 years old women in their 30s and 40s make up a smaller percentage of respondentsAmong respondents under the age of 30 years there is no pay gap between men and women suggesting a new generation may be changing thingsWomen with less than 2 years of coding experience make up a significantly larger percentage of respondents (40%) than in 2015 (28%) further suggesting more women entering this highly competitive fieldEmployment among DevelopersAccording to recent findings from Stack Overflow, job satisfaction is highly correlated with pushing code to production. Simply stated, developers just want to code.57% of developers check-in or commit code multiple times per dayDevelopers prioritize salary, work-life balance and company culture when it comes to making employment decisions63% of d evelopers included salary on their list of priorities50% included work-life balance91% of developers are employed either full-time, self-employed, or freelance78% of employed developers are open to new opportunitiesBiggest challenges at work are unrealistic expectations (35%), poor documentation (35%) and unspecific requirements (34%)Once developers are situated in a job they want to learn new technologies (70%) and build something new (64%)12% of developers work remote full-time22% of developers never work remotelyDevelopers with over 11 years of experience are twice as likely to work remote than developers with less than 5 years of experienceRemote developers are more likely to love their job than those that never work remoteAnd finally, and by some accounts the most important key insight (for those of you who care about science fiction)Star Trek vs Star WarsIn the age-old battle between Star Trek and Star Wars the winner is Star WarsStar Wars blew Trek out of the water among deve lopers under 50Trekkies won in the over 50 crowdStar Wars hit the theaters in 1977Star Wars exploded on the screen 11 years after the debut of Gene Roddenberrys original Star Trek series on NBCRoddenberrys original series premiered in 1967 and ran for three seasonsIn April 1967, pointy ears started appearing at sci-fi conventionsStar Trek The Motion Picture hit the theaters in 1979Popular write-ins were Firefly, Stargate, Doctor Who and Babylon 5Though we expect this space battle will never end, among Developers, Star Wars reigns supreme.Want to know more about the top trends in hiring Developers? Check out the Software Engineering Market Overview from Intelligence. And for more hiring trend studies from the Intelligence team click here.