Programming Languages and Certifications

Question

DISCLAIMER: I know that this question is probably not appropriate for StackOverflow, but I couldn't find any other "StackExchange" website that was fitting better (plus, there was a "certification" tag in here). Feel free to close this question (possibly pointing me to the right place) if this is the case. Thanks.

I would like to know some statistic that relate programming languages to certifications.

I'd like to know, for example, some information like:

• How many programmers are (roughly) coding in Java/Erlang/C#
• What's the trend of these languages

and, most important:

• How many Java programmers (in percentage) have a Java certification? Same for .Net, etc.

Any link/resource/advise? Thanks.

Answer 1

For Microsoft technologies, try this:

Microsoft Certified Professionals around the world

Answer 2

For programming trends, I suggest you check out:

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

It's pretty hard to get a total number of Java programmers, and I don't think Sun reveals how many people are certified.