How many web developers are there in the world?
I'm looking for an estimated number of web developers, where a web developer is somebody who can program in a web language, such as PHP, Ruby, Java, Perl, Cold Fusion, Javascript, etc.
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Walt S
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In February of 2007 the Netcraft Web Server Survey found 108,810,358 distinct websites; clearly this number is on the low side.
Some websites have multiple developers, some developers manage multiple websites. Some simple hand waving suggests a 1:10 ratio seems reasonable for gross estimation.
So, we could roughly conclude 10.8 million people have made a website at one time or another. Looking at the US population of 303 million people, this seems about right, as 1 person in 30 seems to know how to sling some kind of HTML.
Now... how many -good- website developers are there, that's the real question.
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There are exactly 100 and they are all located in the United States. The millions in India and elsewhere are imposter's....
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U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics 2006
Network systems and data communication analysts 262,000
Computer specialists, all other 136,000
Database administrators 119,000
Computer and information scientists, research 25,000
They don't put web developer in its own category.
How the discipline of computer programmer is split up..
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Computer Systems Design and Related Services 130,290
Software Publishers 18,300
Management of Companies and Enterprises 16,250
Insurance Carriers 15,050
Employment Services 12,810
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Clarification added February 3, 2008:
Of course this is only USA.
Veiko H
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I think there is around 100M untalented programmers now who wanted to be part of Internet boom.
