Software ranking based on mining market requirements

Because of the rapid growth of open source software, how to choose software from many alternatives becomes a great challenge. Traditional ranking approaches mainly focus on the characteristics of the software themselves. In this paper we investigate the market demands for software engineers, and propose a novel approach for ranking software by analyzing the market requirements for special software. As industries always need to balance several different factors for selecting software, the market demands can be a good indicator for ranking software. This paper provides quite a different perspective, and it can be a valuable supplement for traditional ranking methods.