Considering the Dice and Indeed numbers rose for the second straight month, stronger than any previous month tracked by this survey, and that the Indeed numbers rose significantly, it is surprising that Groovy dropped out of the top 50 in the Tiobe Programming Community Index. One possible explanation is that other languages saw a greater surge in demand than did Groovy. Another is that the Tiobe index does not correlate well with the employment market.

Numbers from GrailsJobs has been added to this survey beginning this month. There were no postings on the GrailsJobs board in September. As the only dedicated GR8 technologies job board that I know of, I would hope that it would be the best indicator of the GR8 employment market. The number of postings are insignificant and seemingly unrepresentative. If that remains true, GrailsJobs may not remain in this survey.

This is a non-scientific survey. It is meant to give the interested reader a general idea of trends within the GR8 technologies 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 is always welcome. Please comment on this blog post with any suggestions you may have.