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Capstone Project 2 - GX

The document analyzes technology trends and emerging IT skills. It finds that JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, and SQL remain among the top 5 programming languages currently and in the next year. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB are consistently popular databases, while Redis and Elasticsearch are emerging. The analysis finds an IT skills gap among countries and gender gap in IT employment. It concludes that companies need flexibility to address changing technologies and promote education to develop skills.

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Capstone Project 2 - GX

The document analyzes technology trends and emerging IT skills. It finds that JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, and SQL remain among the top 5 programming languages currently and in the next year. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB are consistently popular databases, while Redis and Elasticsearch are emerging. The analysis finds an IT skills gap among countries and gender gap in IT employment. It concludes that companies need flexibility to address changing technologies and promote education to develop skills.

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Technology Trends and

Emerging IT Skills
Xian GUAN
November 2020
OUTLINE

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Results
• Visualization – Charts
• Dashboard
• Discussion
• Findings & Implications
• Conclusion
• Appendix
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Technology trends
• In a changing tech era, web development
and SQL remains in demand
• Python is fast growing
• NoSQL databases are rising and becoming
more popular in the near future

• Demographic survey
• IT technical skill gap exists among
countries
• Gender gap exists in IT technology
employment
• Education attainment is associated with
IT technical skill development
INTRODUCTION
• Major project purpose
It reflects and analyzes technology trends
and indicates emerging IT skills in demand.

• Key questions
• What are recent top programming languages in
demand?
• What are recent top databases in demand?
• Which IT skills are and will be in great demand
for future based on recent trends?
• What is the current status of IT skilled
developer group
• Target audience: Managers and HR leads in
IT technology companies
METHODOLOGY
• Data sources
 The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
 GitHub Jobs Postings
 Programming Languages Annual Salary

• Plans for data collection and analysis


 Data exploration
 Data wrangling
 Data exploratory analysis
 Data visualization
 Data presentation
RESULTS CHARTS AND GRAPHS
• Programming language trends (this
year vs next year)
• Database trends (this year vs next
year)
• Current technology usage
• Future technology trend
• Demographics
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TRENDS
Top 5 programming languages Top 5 programming languages
(Current Year） (Next Year）
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TRENDS - FINDINGS &
IMPLICATIONS

Findings Implications

• JavaScript is steadily the • Web development is


most popular programming
language this year and next consistently in great
year. demand.
• JavaScript, HTML/CSS,
Python, SQL remain in top 5 • Python is becoming the
programming languages this fastest-growing major
year and next year. programming language.
• TypeScript, in place of
Bash/Shell/PowerShell, • SQL is steadily in demand in
becomes an emerging popular the era of big data.
programming language next
year.
DATABASE TRENDS
Top 5 databases (Current Year） Top 5 databases (Next Year）
DATABASE TRENDS - FINDINGS & IMPLICATIONS

Findings Implications

• MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, • NoSQL databases are rising


remain in top 5 databases and becoming more popular in
this year and next year, yet the near future.
with ranks changed.

• Microsoft SQL Server and • Open-source databases are


SQLite are edged out of top consistently popular.
5 databases next year.
• For SQL databases, MySQL and
• Redis and Elasticsearch PostgreSQL remains their
become two emerging popular dominant positions these two
databases next year. years.
DASHBOARD

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Data source: The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey


DASHBOARD CURRENT TECHNOLOGY USAGE
DASHBOARD FUTURE TECHNOLOGY TREND
DASHBOARD DEMOGRAPHICS
DISCUSSION
• Technology trends
• What is consistently
popular?
• What is rising and what is
declining?
• Which skills will be in
great demand in the near
future?
• Demographics
• IT Technical skill gap among
countries
• Gender gap in IT technology
employment
• Education level for IT
technical employment
OVERALL FINDINGS & IMPLICATIONS
Findings Implications

• Companies need to be flexible and


• Though technology is changing proactive in IT technology
employment to address rapid
fast, some technologies and technological changes
skills are steadily in demand • Companies need to keep experienced
• IT technical skill gap exists employees for IT skills in
consistent demand
among countries
• It is necessary to encourage and
• Gender gap exists in IT include more females into IT
technology employment
technology employment
• It is important to promote quality
• Better education is relevant to education to enhance IT skill
development
IT technical skill development
• Country gap in IT technology needs
to be overcome in the future
CONCLUSION
Technology trends
• In a changing tech era, web development
and SQL remains in demand
• Python is fast growing
• NoSQL databases are rising and becoming
more popular in the near future

Therefore,
 Companies need to be flexible and
proactive in IT technology employment to
address rapid technological changes

 Companies need to keep experienced


employees for IT skills in consistent
demand
CONCLUSION
Demographic survey
• IT technical skill gap exists among
countries
• Gender gap exists in IT technology
employment
• Education attainment is associated with
IT technical skill development

Therefore,
 More measures need to be taken to encourage
and include more females into IT technology
employment
 It is important to promote quality education
to enhance IT skill development
 Country gap in IT technology needs to be
overcome in the future
APPENDIX TOP 5 PLATFORMS (THIS YEAR)
APPENDIX TOP 5 PLATFORMS (NEXT YEAR)
APPENDIX TOP 5 WEBFRAMES (THIS YEAR)
APPENDIX TOP 5 WEBFRAMES (NEXT YEAR)
GITHUB JOB POSTINGS
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