Most Popular Programming Langugage

Tiobe.com: 11 May 2007

1. Java - 19.1%
2. C - 15.2%
3. C++ - 10.1%
4. PHP - 8.7%
5. Visual Basic - 8.4%
6. Perl - 6.2%
7. Python - 3.8%
8. C# - 3.7%
9. JavaScript - 3.1%
10. Ruby - 2.6%
11. Delphi - 2.1%

Dice.com: A September 2006

1. Java - 35.7%
2. C, C++ - 15.3%
3. C# - 12.7%
4. Perl - 11.9%
5. JavaScript - 10.9%
6. Visual Basic .NET - 5.2%
7. PHP - 2.9%
8. Ajax - 2.7%
9. Python - 2.0%
10. Ruby - 0.7%

Evans Data:Winter 2006

1. Java - 45%
2. C, C++ - 40%
3. C# - 32%
4. Ajax - 28%
5. Visual Basic & VB.NET - 21%

Computerworld: In early 2005

1. C# - 72%
2. Java - 66%
3. Visual Basic - 62%
4. C++ - 54%
5. JavaScript - 50%
6. Unix Shell Scripts - 42%
7. Perl - 34%
8. C - 32%
9. PHP - 16%
10. Python - 8%
11. Delphi - 7%
12. TCL - 6%
13. Ruby - 1%