Top 14 Programming Languages for 2023
Key Takeaways
- Python and Java rank first and second in both employer demand and popularity with developers. It’s interesting to note that supply and demand for these key languages are aligned.
- The gaps in volume between languages are significant, effectively dividing the list into four tiers:
- The first tier consists of the top five languages (Java, Python, SQL, C++, and Java Script), which have enough volume to stand in a league of their own.
- The second tier (Bash and C#) sees a significant drop in volume, with Bash having only 25% of the volume of JavaScript.
- The third tier (Go, TypeScript, R, and PHP) have similar demand levels and are growing the fastest.
- Rounding out the list is the fourth tier (C, Swift, and Ruby), whose languages barely post enough volume to rank on the list.