Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021: Exploring the Results for the Year
The well-known and veteran public platform "Stack Overflow" used by millions of IT professionals for many years, especially Developers (Programmers), since it is really useful for those who code, and want learn, teach, collaborate and share your knowledge with others, has published his most recent survey called "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021".
And as usual, the survey of this year 2021 brings us useful and relevant data and information that is worth knowing, especially those related to the GNU / Linux Operating System y free and open applications / languages.
Google Trends 20-21: Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux
As usual, before delving into the subject of this publication we will immediately leave you below, the link of one of our previous related posts with the IT trends, for those who wish to delve into this area in terms of Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux:
"As we can see, the interest of Internet users about the GNU / Linux Operating System during these last 12 months started high (98%, third week of May 2020), and the trend with a downward inclination remained slightly stable (74% first week November 2020) until closing at a similar level (75% last week of April 2021) after certain variations during the rest of the analyzed period. While, for Spain the percentage for the same dates was 100%, 72% and 69%." Google Trends 20-21: Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux
Stack Overflow Developer Survey: List the survey of the year 2021
About the Stack Overflow Developer Survey
Briefly and directly, the website of «Stack Overflow», both in Spanish and English, is:
"A question and answer site for programmers and IT professionals."
Therefore, in the same million IT professionals from any area and above all Developers they can easily day after day, seek or offer knowledge and so, help, learn, teach, collaborate and share with others around the world.
Whereas, his customary annual survey called «StackOverflow Developer Survey 2021» basically it is an excellent means of gathering and analyzing information based on the responses of the members registered on the platform Stack Overflow. Mostly about the tools and trends that shape the field of Software development.
In addition, the survey of this year 2021 was carried out during the May 25, 2021 to June 15, 2021, and it was published just a few days ago (02/08/2021). And it encompasses more than 80.000 IT professionals, especially Software Developers.
Exploring some important results
About the Survey
- Almost 60% of respondents say they have learned to code from online resources. Younger respondents tend to learn from online courses, forums, and other online resources. Older respondents, on the other hand, learned from more traditional means such as school and books.
- Most of the survey participants come from the United States, India, Germany, and the United Kingdom and Ireland. Whereas, the top ten countries account for almost 60% of all responses.
About Software Development and Developers
- 81% of professional developers are employed full time, down from 83% in 2020. The percentage of professional developers who claim to be independent contractors, freelancers, or self-employed increased from 9,5% in 2020 to 11,2% in 2021, indicating potential job insecurity or a shift towards more flexible work arrangements.
- Senior executives and managers tend to have the most years of coding experience, while those working in data science and machine learning tend to have the fewest, on average less than even an academic researcher
- This year, React.js has overtaken jQuery as the most widely used web framework. Perl goes from being the highest paid language last year to being the fifth highest paid this year. Clojure developers have the highest median salary, $ 14.000 more than second place for F # developers.
- JavaScript marks its ninth year in a row as the most widely used programming language. For most developers, programming is programming on the web. Python traded its place with SQL to become the third most popular language
- Python overtook SQL to become the third most popular technology, and Node.JS becomes the sixth most popular technology.
- More than 50% of those surveyed wrote their first line of code between the ages of 11 and 17.
About GNU / Linux
To the question What is the main operating system you work on?, the result has been that Windows It is still the most popular operating system, although somewhat less among professional developers. GNU / Linux has achieved a 25,32% among all respondents and a 25,17% among only Software Developers registered on the platform.
"With nearly 80.000 responses from more than 180 countries and dependent territories, our Annual Developer Survey examines all aspects of the developer experience, from job satisfaction and job search to education and opinions on code software. opened." Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey
Summary
In summary, this new survey of the year 2021 from the well-known website called "Stack Overflow" published under the name "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021" As usual, it brings us useful and relevant data and information that is worth knowing, such as IT professionals from any area and especially as Developers (programmers).
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