Are you at work? Urgent to the personnel department, to Android! He has 35,000% more vacancies

to a recent IDC report, which showed that 75% of shipments of mobile devices in Q3 2012 are accounted for Android (Android: 136M, iOS: 27M, Blackberry: 7.7M, Symbian: 4.1M, Windows: 3.6M), and the famous trend report in the network , which showed that the growth of Android is much higher than the growth of iOS, now added new data, which should at least pay attention to each developer.

What is the future of Windows developers?

In the Windows world, it is very popular to measure the success of platforms and technologies by the number of relevant vacancies. Windows 7, according to Forrester, will be installed on 83% of all PCs delivered in 2012. Previously, The Register published interesting data by checking the number of vacancies for Windows on dice.com , where there were more than 84,000 vacancies at the time of publication (in October):

Windows 7: 1 161 vacancy
Windows 8: 103 jobs

According to IDC, " The share of tablets on Windows in 2012 is less than 3%, and will not reach 10% until 2016 "
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additional reading:
" Windows Phone 8: the tools are not bad, but where are the developers? "

And what about Android and iOS?

In The Register noticed that 60% of mobile traffic comes from iOS-devices, and only 20% from Android. This is very strange, especially when you consider that Android now has about 75% of the smartphone market (against 15% for the iPhone), and 53% in the US (against 34% for the iPhone) .





The article also provides other data , and suggests that Android users have less money, in connection with which they buy more affordable devices, and perhaps the use of mobile Internet is not their main goal.

Given this fact, what about the vacancy for Android developers?

In terms of absolute numbers, judging by the number of vacancies, Android and iOS go nose to nose :



However, if you look at comparative growth, a real explosion occurs in the Android world :



In India, the same thing, according to Job is Job Trends on android and " 6 reasons to learn Android Development ". In the graph, you can add, for example, Windows Phone and iOS, to visually see the scale of the disaster at the moment.

Not everything is lost? Perhaps Microsoft is waiting for success

Recently, there have been pessimistic publications with gloomy forecasts , which doubt the success of not only Windows 8, but also Windows Phone 8, and Surface tablets . This week, a call was even published for Microsoft to reduce the price of Surface by a third ( The Channel: Slash A THIRD Off Surface )

Unfortunately, The Register compares only Android vs iOS, and says nothing about the development for Windows Phone. What awaits the Windows platform in the future? Opinions of analysts can help to decide this question. Among them are positive predictions:

BGR: “Microsoft will 'crush' Google and 'muscle-out' Apple in smartphone, tablet markets” :

“Last week, according to the NASDAQ, Charles Sizemore from Sizemore Capital made a couple of interesting statements. He said that Microsoft would “squeeze the juice out of Google” and “ultimately completely push Apple out of the leader’s pedestal on smartphones and tablets.” He said the war would be long and painful, but Microsoft will eventually break free because Apple There are no “strong benefits in the long run” to maintain customer loyalty. As an argument, he also says that “Apple’s perseverance in controlling every element of both hardware and software puts it in a less advantageous position compared to more flexible Microsoft.”

Regarding Google, especially Android, Sismur says that he does not take Google as a serious competitor in the long run, because the company's decisions are attempts to “imitate” the superior offers from Apple and Microsoft. As an example, he cites the Google Play Music service (currently not available in Russia), although the cause of his complaints seems to be the inability of the application to cache music on the SD card instead of the internal memory (unless the user “hacks” his phone). The analyst provides no other examples to support his claims.

“You just do not have such problems with Apple or Microsoft,” argues Sismur. "For what reason? Because they are real companies, with real business models. With a few exceptions, they actually charge for their products, and offer some level of support. ”

He adds, “Since Google distributes most of its products for free, you should ask yourself how seriously they treat them. And, given my experience with Play Music, the answer is 'not much.' ”

Summing up, the analyst says that, although he does not predict “an immediate fall in Google stocks,” he sees no evidence that Google’s advertising model is sound and therefore will not invest in Google. The company, which represents Sizmur, according to his data, put a long position on Microsoft. "

This week it became known that the Search Engine (or social network?) Socl from Microsoft is open to beta testers . It is possible that this product will strengthen the position of the company.

Desktop for Android for less than $ 100 - already from January:

In any case, one thing is clear - given that inexpensive solutions for TVs (Google TV) are already being announced, and even for desktops on Android , Android developers have a bright future ahead of them .

What do you think?