| The following is a ranking index on coding language programmer jobs listed on Craigslist.org | |
| Language | Need Index |
| PHP | 80 |
| SQL | 55 |
| C++ | 50 |
| JavaScript | 49 |
| C | 46 |
| Java | 34 |
| C# | 21 |
| Ruby | 10 |
| Perl | 9 |
| Python | 7 |
| Visual Basic | 6 |
| Action Script | 5 |
| Assembly | 4 |
| Shell | 3 |
| ColdFusion | 2 |
| Objective C | 1 |
| Percent of Open-Source Projects on SourceForge Using the Following Language | |
| Language Used | Percent Used |
| Java | 18.09 % |
| C++ | 17.86 % |
| C | 16.85 % |
| PHP | 13.26 % |
| Perl | 6.51 % |
| C# | 3.29 % |
| JavaScript | 3.13 % |
| Visual Basic | 2.29 % |
| Delphi / Kylix | 2.06 % |
| Unix Shell | 1.99 % |
| Assembly | 1.68 % |
| PL / SQL | 1.21 % |
| Tcl | 0.95 % |
| Delphi | 0.95 % |
| Objective C | 0.81 % |
| ASP | 0.58 % |
| Ruby | 0.44 % |
| Pascal | 0.39 % |