Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

While Python is IEEE's lead programming language, the spotlight is on SQL, which leads the organization's jobs rankings.

Maybe it's not the sexiest programming language, but SQL continues to be important--at least according to one measurement.

It found that Python, Java, SQL and JavaScript appeared the most frequently in developer job ads, each appearing in more than 50,000 listings on Indeed. All four saw a significant jump in demand ...

Programming language popularity: Python tightens its grip at the top Python retains its top spot as the most popular language for electrical and electronics engineers.