Top 8 Programming Languages in the Developer Job Market (Oct 2021 – Jul 2022)

During the nine‑month period from October 2021 to July 2022, DevJobsScanner examined more than 7 million developer job listings and identified the eight programming languages with the highest demand.

Only listings that explicitly specified a programming language were counted; vague postings were excluded.

8. Go

Go, created by Google 12 years ago, is a relatively young language designed for multicore, networked machines and large codebases. Its popularity is slowly rising and may break into the top five by 2023.

In the nine‑month window, 30 000 Go‑related jobs were found, representing 2 % of all language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of Go jobs:

7. Ruby

Ruby ranks seventh, most popular when paired with the Ruby on Rails web framework. It is widely used at companies such as Twitter, GitHub, and Crunchbase.

66 000 Ruby jobs were identified, accounting for 4.2 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of Ruby jobs:

6. C/C++

C (50 years old) and C++ (37 years old, originally "C with Classes") remain popular due to continuous language enhancements; modern C++ supports object‑oriented and generic programming and is used in games, servers, databases, and even space probes.

85 000 C/C++ jobs were found, representing 5.5 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of C/C++ jobs:

5. PHP

PHP, 27 years old, remains the fifth‑most demanded language, primarily for web development with frameworks such as Laravel or WordPress.

109 000 PHP jobs were identified, accounting for 7 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of PHP jobs:

4. C#

C# is a versatile, multi‑paradigm language commonly used with the .NET framework and Unity game engine.

135 000 C# jobs were found, representing 9 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of C# jobs:

3. Java

Java, created in 1995, remains the third‑most demanded language despite competition from newer languages like Kotlin.

262 000 Java jobs were identified, accounting for 17 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of Java jobs:

2. Python

Python ranked second, driven by its versatility across scripting, server‑side development, AI, and data analysis.

308 000 Python jobs were found, representing 20 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of Python jobs:

1. JavaScript / TypeScript

JavaScript, the original web programming language, remains the top‑demanded language, with TypeScript further boosting its popularity through modern frameworks like Angular and NestJS.

486 000 JavaScript/TypeScript jobs were identified, accounting for 32 % of language‑specific postings.

Monthly share of JavaScript/TypeScript jobs:

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Summary

JavaScript and TypeScript dominate the developer job market, together representing 32 % of all language‑specific opportunities—roughly one in three jobs requires one of these languages.

Python and Java hold the second and third spots, but Java’s job count has recently overtaken Python’s.

C# shows steady growth, and Go’s demand is increasing slowly.