Software Ranking and Analysis based on Mining Market Requirements and Characteristics

As 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, such as qualities, security, reliable and so on. 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. At the same time we conclude the characteristics of software advertisements and analyze the reasons that why these situations emerge and tendency of software market requirements. As industries always need to balance several different factors for selecting software, the market demands can be a good indicator for ranking software and software evaluating. This paper provides quite a different perspective and some interesting inferences on software market requirements, and it can be a valuable supplement for traditional ranking methods, as well as software evaluating.