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24 Feb
What's going on with open source job opportunities?
Posted by aross in Drupal, Education, Job, Java, Python, Ruby, Code repositories, Databases, Eclipse, LinuxAbout this time last year, I made time to sit down and blog about trends I was seeing in the job market pertaining to open source skills. This is an update after 1 year. What are the trends in the job industry pertaining to open source? Evidence indicates there are good jobs out there if you know where to look.
Where are the open source jobs? was written for my students mainly. In certain environments it is quite easy to get the impression that computers == Microsoft (though = would fit as well I suppose). This impression is not healthy. As I've touched on in the past, the world is not strictly open our closed - it's a pragmatic balance of both. Step into any datacentre and you're sure to find Linux, Apache, MySQL or PostgreSQL, and more. Peek over the shoulder of developers and you're just as likely to see Eclipse and Java as Visual Studio and .NET. Thus I am glad that the blog got the visibility I was hoping it would.
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So here we go... what do things look like in 2010:
Operating systems
Clearly the future is Windows and Linux. Relative growth favours Linux, while the massive Microsoft ecosystem still offers much opportunity to people who choose that platform.
| linux, windows, macos, solaris, aix, vms Job Trends | linux jobs - windows jobs - macos jobs - solaris jobs - aix jobs - vms jobs |
Database
Relative growth favours the open source databases by a wide margin, particularly MySQL and Postgres. A look at the absolute numbers of opportunities and it's clear that Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft still influence the industry.
| oracle, sql server, db2, informix, mysql, ingres, postgresql Job Trends | oracle jobs - sql server jobs - db2 jobs - informix jobs - mysql jobs - ingres jobs - postgresql jobs |
Languages
Ruby and Python continue to show hot growth. Java is clearly the runaway incumbent.
| java, c#, php, python, ruby, perl Job Trends | java jobs - c# jobs - php jobs - python jobs - ruby jobs - perl jobs |
Content Management
Sharepoint experts clearly have opportunities in an absolute sense. However Drupal and Joomla are seeing rapid growth. Drupal in particular is seeing adoption on high profile sites. Thus prompting Dave Rosenberg to say Need a job? Learn Drupal.
