contractor vs programmer

contractor

noun
  • A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. 

  • A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee. 

  • A person or company that builds or improves buildings. 

  • A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. 

programmer

noun
  • One who writes computer programs; a software developer. 

  • A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine. 

  • One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station. 

How often have the words contractor and programmer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )