This article presents the results of an investigation that aims to analyze the differences between programming languages required by companies in the Costa Rican labor market versus current programming languages offered by the academy. It also shows the main factors to consider new graduates in this specific area of information and communication technologies to be hired. The study finds that there is a consistent relationship between the major programming languages taught at universities and requested by companies that corresponds to management Java, C++, C #, Javascript and PH P.