[observr9]

How about available jobs? I suspect a lot of people are trying to determine which language to invest their time in learning.

Another relevant measure would be ALL jobs, not just available. Some people may not care if a million people are using language X if they're not getting paid for it.

[submeta]

Then, in the web sphere you'd have to focus on PHP (in Germany). But then again, looking at the details, you will realize that those job offers ask for developers who are fluent in: php, JavaScript, css, mysql, Photoshop (!), wordpress (!), etc. Reads like a job offer from the beginning of 2000.

But the sheer numbers cannot be ignored: Java / c# >> php >> Python >> Ruby/Rails >>>> Clojure... (Just one example)

Now you'd have to go into the details again to answer the question if you'd want to work at the problem set that is described in the job offer (how sophisticated, what kind of domain, how challenging,...)

[nielsbot]

Seems like a good suggestion