| Spreadsheet software | 859 | 15 | Hot |
| Office suite software | 818 | 14 | Hot |
| Word processing software | 789 | 92 | Hot |
| Electronic mail software | 735 | 20 | Hot |
| Presentation software | 633 | 39 | Hot |
| Data base user interface and query software | 632 | 910 | Hot |
| Internet browser software | 470 | 12 | Hot |
| Analytical or scientific software | 372 | 1,687 | Hot |
| Enterprise resource planning ERP software | 367 | 266 | Hot |
| Operating system software | 342 | 53 | Hot |
| Project management software | 304 | 207 | Hot |
| Document management software | 293 | 197 | Hot |
| Graphics or photo imaging software | 279 | 225 | Hot |
| Computer aided design CAD software | 245 | 344 | Hot |
| Object or component oriented development software | 211 | 68 | Hot |
| Web page creation and editing software | 205 | 63 | Hot |
| Development environment software | 200 | 189 | Hot |
| Medical software | 190 | 671 | Hot |
| Calendar and scheduling software | 178 | 87 | |
| Accounting software | 171 | 141 | Hot |
| Desktop publishing software | 167 | 38 | Hot |
| Process mapping and design software | 154 | 10 | Hot |
| Web platform development software | 152 | 73 | Hot |
| Customer relationship management CRM software | 142 | 140 | Hot |
| Geographic information system | 142 | 37 | Hot |
| Information retrieval or search software | 140 | 117 | |
| Video creation and editing software | 140 | 69 | Hot |
| Industrial control software | 138 | 169 | |
| Inventory management software | 138 | 83 | |
| Business intelligence and data analysis software | 117 | 32 | Hot |
| Enterprise application integration software | 117 | 31 | Hot |
| Video conferencing software | 117 | 15 | Hot |
| Computer based training software | 110 | 126 | |
| Data base management system software | 109 | 78 | Hot |
| Financial analysis software | 94 | 356 | |
| Data base reporting software | 92 | 45 | Hot |
| Human resources software | 89 | 239 | |
| Map creation software | 87 | 111 | Hot |
| Cloud-based data access and sharing software | 84 | 10 | Hot |
| Desktop communications software | 83 | 20 | |
| Time accounting software | 75 | 67 | Hot |
| Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | 66 | 27 | |
| Instant messaging software | 62 | 7 | |
| Facilities management software | 60 | 55 | |
| Program testing software | 55 | 77 | Hot |
| Application server software | 54 | 22 | Hot |
| Expert system software | 54 | 48 | Hot |
| File versioning software | 54 | 7 | Hot |
| Cloud-based management software | 52 | 10 | Hot |
| Transaction security and virus protection software | 51 | 43 | |
| Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software | 50 | 171 | |
| Data mining software | 49 | 28 | Hot |
| Content workflow software | 46 | 13 | Hot |
| Sales and marketing software | 46 | 11 | Hot |
| Configuration management software | 44 | 26 | Hot |
| Compliance software | 43 | 125 | |
| Enterprise system management software | 43 | 6 | Hot |
| Point of sale POS software | 43 | 104 | |
| Access software | 42 | 20 | |
| Billing and invoicing software | 42 | 29 | |
| Computer aided manufacturing CAM software | 42 | 123 | Hot |
| Mobile location based services software | 42 | 23 | |
| Object oriented data base management software | 42 | 8 | Hot |
| Communications server software | 41 | 5 | |
| Transaction server software | 39 | 10 | |
| Network monitoring software | 35 | 75 | |
| Graphical user interface development software | 34 | 12 | Hot |
| Multi-media educational software | 32 | 6 | |
| Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software | 32 | 14 | |
| Metadata management software | 28 | 28 | Hot |
| Requirements analysis and system architecture software | 28 | 12 | |
| Backup or archival software | 26 | 25 | |
| Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software | 26 | 10 | |
| Music or sound editing software | 26 | 102 | |
| Network conferencing software | 26 | 12 | Hot |
| Clustering software | 24 | 6 | |
| Network security or virtual private network VPN management software | 24 | 26 | |
| Portal server software | 24 | 3 | |
| Storage networking software | 22 | 6 | |
| Helpdesk or call center software | 19 | 12 | |
| Procurement software | 19 | 15 | |
| Voice recognition software | 19 | 15 | |
| Route navigation software | 17 | 20 | |
| Categorization or classification software | 16 | 16 | |
| Administration software | 15 | 23 | |
| Internet directory services software | 15 | 9 | Hot |
| Device drivers or system software | 14 | 12 | |
| Filesystem software | 13 | 13 | |
| Compiler and decompiler software | 12 | 22 | |
| Label making software | 11 | 11 | |
| Mobile messaging service software | 11 | 2 | |
| Platform interconnectivity software | 11 | 6 | |
| Switch or router software | 11 | 11 | Hot |
| Charting software | 10 | 8 | |
| Cloud-based protection or security software | 10 | 3 | |
| Risk management data and analysis software | 10 | 10 | |
| Authentication server software | 9 | 6 | |
| Pattern design software | 9 | 11 | |
| Procedure management software | 8 | 3 | Hot |
| Tax preparation software | 7 | 37 | Hot |
| Library software | 6 | 37 | |
| Spell checkers | 6 | 4 | |
| LAN software | 5 | 1 | |
| WAN switching software and firmware | 5 | 3 | |
| Aviation ground support software | 4 | 3 | |
| Data conversion software | 4 | 8 | |
| Network connectivity terminal emulation software | 4 | 4 | |
| Network operation system software | 4 | 3 | |
| Action games | 3 | 4 | |
| Computer aided design CAD and computer aided manufacturing CAM system | 3 | 2 | |
| Data compression software | 3 | 3 | |
| Dictionary software | 3 | 3 | |
| Flight control software | 3 | 8 | |
| Legal management software | 3 | 3 | |
| Mobile operator specific application software | 3 | 4 | |
| Network operating system enhancement software | 3 | 9 | |
| Bar coding software | 2 | 2 | |
| Foreign language software | 2 | 16 | |
| Gateway software | 2 | 2 | |
| Interactive voice response software | 2 | 2 | |
| License management software | 2 | 2 | |
| Mailing and shipping software | 2 | 2 | |
| Manufacturing execution system MES software | 2 | 1 | |
| Storage media loading software | 2 | 2 | |
| Text to speech conversion software | 2 | 1 | |
| Audit software | 1 | 1 | |
| Bridge software | 1 | 1 | |
| Computer imaging software | 1 | 1 | |
| Contact center software | 1 | 3 | |
| Eye tracking software | 1 | 3 | |
| Fax software | 1 | 1 | |
| Software defined networking/ virtualization software | 1 | 1 | |
| Voice synthesizer and recognition software | 1 | 1 | |
| Wireless software | 1 | 1 | |