Java developers remain the most difficult tech pros to land, followed by mobile developers, .NET developers and software developers, according to new data from Dice.com. CIO PAYDAY: Top CIOs net ...

Still, in many locations, skilled Java programmers are difficult to find. Lack of experience may play a part in slowing Java growth, as time and money are lost while companies train developers.

“Securing the Java applet model is difficult - Java is a legacy code base, it has an extremely wide scope (enterprise, mobile, browser), and the existing security model is internal to the interpreter.