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I ran some queries to get a feel for salaries and job openings for different programming languages in the SF Bay Area aka Silicon Valley.

Number of Job openings as per Craigslist:

• Java: 352
• C++: 113
• Python: 114
• PHP: 371
• Rails: 48
• C#: 88
• Perl: 180

Observations:

The above comparision has some bias including the fact that Perl & Python are regarded as Scripting language and only in some case get a job on their own, unlike say Rails or Java.

Right now Craigslist is the best Job search website for Tech Jobs in the bay area

Average Salaries from Indeed.com:

Observations:

Rails & PHP average salaries are about 5% lower than all others and they drop further if paired with Developer instead of Engineer.

I picked Mountain View, CA which has a fair share of different companies and the radius will pick up San Jose, Redwood city, etc.

Nation-wide Salary Trends from Indeed.com:

Observations:

The top four programming languages are PHP, Java, Perl & Rails. Caveat, Due to the fact that indeed.com searches other job sites, the duplicate posting rate might be high, however it would apply to all postings.

For a different view on the same topic, see my earlier blog post, Top Programming Languages as derived from book sales and TIOBE Programming Community index.