Stack Overflow: 79% of developers considering new horizons

A survey conducted by Stack Overflow has revealed that 79 percent of developers are either actively seeking new job opportunities or are open to the idea. The findings mark a significant increase from previous years, indicating a growing trend among developers to explore new career paths and challenges.

The survey, which garnered responses from over 1,000 developers worldwide, also shed light on other intriguing patterns within the industry.

One striking revelation was...

30 October 2023 | Developer

Stack Overflow reveals UK’s top 10 best-paid developer roles

Stack Overflow has unveiled the UK's top 10 best-paid developer positions, shedding light on the lucrative avenues within the industry.

Leading the pack are developers in senior executive roles, enjoying an average salary of £128,200 ($155,173). Notably, these professionals experienced a significant 30 percent increase in their salaries between 2022 and 2023, reflecting the industry's robust growth. 

Following closely are engineering managers, earning an average of...

9 October 2023 | Artificial Intelligence

The most in-demand programming languages for 2023

Coding Dojo has released its list of the most in-demand programming languages for this year.

The list uses the number of open full-time jobs to determine the skills that employers are desperately looking for.

Notably, the top three most in-demand languages have been shaken up. Likely driven by the demand for machine learning solutions, Python is now in the top spot.

Here are the top 10 programming languages by open full-time positions and their ranking change...

8 February 2023 | Developer

The fastest-growing tech jobs in 2023 and how to land them

Whether you have established a career in tech or you are considering changing professions and starting a new tech career, there has never been a better time to look for your dream job. Thanks to a perfect storm of contributing factors, tech has never been hotter and even the most digital-resistant organizations are realizing that in order to move forward, they must invest in tech.  

While this is an advantage for seekers of tech jobs, the tech talent gap can have its limitations...

5 January 2023 | Developer

Stack Overflow: 74% of developers are open to new jobs

Research from Stack Overflow suggests that almost three-quarters (74%) of developers are open to new jobs.

The so-called “Great Resignation” is an ongoing post-covid economic trend where employees have voluntarily resigned over wage stagnation, poor treatment, inflexible remote working policies, lack of benefits, and general job dissatisfaction.

Developers haven’t been spared from mistreatment by employers, and it seems that many are keeping their minds open to new...

19 December 2022 | Research

Forrester: Jobs market will continue to favour developers

Analysts from Forrester expect the jobs market will continue to favour developers in 2023 amid mass layoffs.

The global macroeconomic environment continues to be challenging. Major tech companies have begun laying off staff, or pausing hiring, which has left many IT professionals wondering how safe their jobs are.

Despite the headwinds, Forrester believes coders are in a better position than most.

Forrester recently held its APAC Predictions 2023 event in...

1 December 2022 | Developer

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and BEN announce Web 3.0 virtual job fair

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and Blockchain Education Network (BEN) have announced a virtual job fair to attract Web 3.0 talent.

Web 3.0 aims to move away from centralisation to put content ownership, privacy, and control back in the hands of creators and people. As the largest decentralised platform, Ethereum is leading the charge.

There are over 100 members of the EEA, including giants like SAP, Microsoft, Accenture, FedEx, JP Morgan, and...

24 March 2022 | Blockchain

These programming languages were most in-demand in 2021

Coding Dojo has released its annual review of the programming language skills most sought after from employers.

For its research, Coding Dojo scours jobs listing site Indeed. The company looks at what languages appear most in job descriptions and compares their prevalence with previous years to identify trends that could give you an advantage.

Python retained its lead in 2021 as the language which cropped up in the most (~70,500) job descriptions. Rounding out the top...

8 March 2022 | Java

State of APIs 2021: ‘Great Resignation’ leading challenge, security remains a top focus

RapidAPI’s latest State of APIs developer survey finds the cross-industry “Great Resignation” is the leading challenge facing the industry, while security remains a top focus.

Employees are leaving their current jobs in record numbers as part of the so-called Great Resignation due to burnout, income stagnation, poor treatment, and low satisfaction. Almost half of the world’s workers are considering quitting, according to a Microsoft survey.

RapidAPI’s survey...

8 December 2021 | API

Linux Foundation: Companies are struggling to find open-source talent

The Linux Foundation and edX have released the 2021 Open Source Jobs report which reveals the struggle companies are having in finding talent.

As the world recovers from the pandemic, the general talent shortages across industries have been well-documented. However, the new report shows just how pronounced the problem is when it comes to hiring open-source expertise.

Technology helped to keep the world moving during the pandemic and even the most resistant-to-change...

21 September 2021 | DevOps