February 2010 Groovy - Grails Job Market
The trend looks positive again this month, acheiving the highest rating at Tiobe since I've begun tracking (though not the highest rank), and the highest number of postings in all three categories at Indeed. Dice showed gains across all three categories, though did not reach new heights. Grailsjobs is the outlier with the number of postings remaining flat.
| The TIOBE Programming Community Index for Groovy |
| Month / Year | Rating | Change | Rank |
| 02/2010 | 0.261% | 0.013% | 40 |
| 01/2010 | 0.248% | 0.078% | 41 |
| 12/2009 | 0.170% | 0.018% | 44 |
| 11/2009 | 0.152% | 0.152% | 47 |
| 10/2009 | -- | -0.154% | -- |
| 09/2009 | 0.154% | 0.037% | 46 |
| 08/2009 | 0.117% | 0.003% | 48 |
| 07/2009 | 0.114% | -0.038% | 47 |
| 06/2009 | 0.152% | 0.020% | 36 |
| 05/2009 | 0.132% | -0.033% | 41 |
| 04/2009 | 0.165% | 0.031% | 36 |
| 03/2009 | 0.134% | 0.005% | 42 |
| Dice Keyword Search for Groovy and Grails |
| Month / Year | Groovy/Grails | Change | Grails | Change | Groovy | Change |
| 02/2010 | 34 | 5 | 53 | 11 | 100 | 9 |
| 01/2010 | 29 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 91 | 0 |
| 12/2009 | 27 | -8 | 36 | -10 | 91 | -7 |
| 11/2009 | 35 | -14 | 46 | -12 | 98 | -17 |
| 10/2009 | 49 | 15 | 58 | 16 | 115 | 34 |
| 09/2009 | 34 | 15 | 42 | 10 | 81 | 16 |
| 08/2009 | 19 | -8 | 32 | -3 | 65 | -3 |
| 07/2009 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 68 | 12 |
| 02/2009 | 23 | 11 | 29 | 12 | 56 | 25 |
| 01/2009 | 12 | -- | 17 | -- | 31 | -- |
| Indeed Keyword Search for Groovy and Grails |
| Month / Year | Groovy/Grails | Change | Grails | Change | Groovy | Change |
| 02/2010 | 267 | 47 | 382 | 34 | 706 | 131 |
| 01/2010 | 220 | 109 | 348 | 160 | 575 | 248 |
| 12/2009 | 111 | -145 | 188 | -168 | 327 | -303 |
| 11/2009 | 256 | -8 | 356 | 2 | 630 | -13 |
| 10/2009 | 264 | 103 | 354 | 75 | 643 | 218 |
| 09/2009 | 161 | 3 | 279 | -17 | 425 | -52 |
| 08/2009 | 158 | -10 | 296 | 22 | 477 | 70 |
| 07/2009 | 168 | 79 | 274 | 164 | 407 | 102 |
| 02/2009 | 89 | 18 | 110 | -11 | 305 | -80 |
| 01/2009 | 71 | -- | 121 | -- | 385 | -- |
| GrailsJobs Postings By Month |
| Month / Year | Postings | Change |
| 01/2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 12/2009 | 2 | -1 |
| 11/2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 10/2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 09/2009 | 0 | -8 |
| 08/2009 | 8 | 0 |
| 07/2009 | 8 | 5 |
| 06/2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 05/2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 04/2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/2009 | 0 | -3 |
| 02/2009 | 3 | 1 |
This is a non-scientific survey. It is meant to give the interested reader a general idea of trends within the GR8 technologies job market. Results from keyword searches of job boards should be considered carefully as the results represent the number jobs containing the keyword in the description. The numbers from GrailsJobs represent the total number postings by month. The numbers from Tiobe are pulled from the survey published this month. The numbers from Dice and Indeed represent the results of keyword searches as of the day this survey was published. Suggestions of other sources of job market information are always welcome. Please comment on this blog post with any suggestions you may have.
