Numbers of job openings in Japan by languages
| Rank | USA (indeed.com) | Japan (jobdirect.jp) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Java | 66346 | Java | 4580 |
| #2 | C++ | 42495 | PHP | 3163 |
| #3 | C# | 32673 | VB + VisualBasic | 2748 |
| #4 | JavaScript | 29491 | Perl | 1198 |
| #5 | Perl | 24415 | Flash | 799 |
| #6 | VB + VisualBasic | 20159 | JavaScript | 526 |
| #7 | Flash | 16619 | C++ | 292 |
| #8 | PHP | 10703 | Ruby | 110 |
| #9 | Python | 5990 | C# | 101 |
| #10 | Ruby | 3749 | Python | 26 |
* Numbers of job openings in USA and Japan were taken from indeed and Jobdirect, respectively. C language is omitted due to the technical difficulty.
Do you have any idea why C++ is popular in USA and PHP is popular in Japan?
* This article is reproduced from “yukoba no nikki” by Yu Kobayashi with permission.
