In this article, we're going to go over the Python marketplace, in particular we're going to go over some metrics here, and we're going to look at how much python, the programming language itself, has grown over the last 5 to 10 years. In this particular article here is look at some statistics.
First, let us have a look at the python programming language and where it sits in comparison to the most popular programming languages out there in the marketplace other than Python itself. According to a 2019 stack overflow developer survey, Python is one of the world's fastest growing programming languages out there in the marketplace. According to the Toby Index, Python has surpassed C++ as far as popularity and growth rate. In 2019, Toby stated that if Python can keep this pace, it'll probably replace C and Java in three to four years to becoming the most popular programming language in the world.
There are four main, different types of languages in programming, including Python, Java, JavaScript, C++. Looking at Google Trends, it also affirms the fact that python is by far the most popular. As far as the interest is concerned, it has grown significantly compared to number two, which is Java.
So let's look at the demand for Python developers and the number of job postings, which is a great indicator of demand for any type of programming language out there in the marketplace. According to indie.com, which is one of the most popular job websites worldwide in the world, Python, JavaScript and C++ are among the top skills employers are looking for. This is especially true for software engineers.
According to a recent Python developer survey by Jeb Branes, the five main uses for Python are data analysis, web development, dev ops, automation scripts and sys admin. A good example of the automation scripts are the scripts that will go out there and scrape the web to pull in different types of data sets, different types of information, machine learning and so forth.
