Software Developers: 2022 Statistics You Need to Know
Explore key insights on salaries, job satisfaction, programming languages, and emerging trends. Stay informed about the evolving landscape of software development to make strategic decisions for your career or hiring needs.
Software Developers: 6 Statistics You Need to Know Now
A peak inside the profession
The 10 hottest developer jobs of 2022
1. Information Security Engineer
2. Full Stack Engineer
3. Data Scientist
4. Machine Learning Engineer
5. Java Developer
6. Data Engineer
7. Cloud Engineer
8. Back-end Engineer
9. Salesforce Engineer
10. Automation Engineer
Software Developers, Applications & Systems Software Gender Composition, 2022
20.7% of software developers are women and 79.3% of software developers are men.
Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Software Developers, Applications & Systems Software
White – 56.3%
Asian – 28.9%
Latino – 7%
Black or African American – 5%
Other- 2.8%
Software Developers By Age
18-24 years
25-34 years
35-44 years
45+ years
Most pressing long-running challenges facing software developers worldwide, as of 2022
Rising expectations to suit a variety of consumer demands
Rework, changes, unplanned work, or unplanned problems
Staying current with new languages, frameworks, and tools
Striving to develop high-quality, high-performance, and secure code
Overly demanding clients that do not appreciate the complexity
Difficulty in communicating with team members and stakeholders
Finding work that utilizes the skills developed
Infrastructure/Resources are limited within an organization
20 Popular Types of Programming & Development Tools for Software Development
- SQL – For Database Interaction
- Python – For Coding and Programming
- IDEs
- SQL databases
- GIT – Version Control & Code Repository
- Testing tools
- Code text editors
- UI design and prototyping tools
- Project management tools
- Code analysis tools
- DB modeling and design tools
- App servers and middleware
- Requirements management tools
- System and object-modeling tools
- Cross-platform mobile AD tools
- Load and stress testing tools
- Release management tools
- Commercial software components
- Business rules engines
- NoSQL databases
8 Leading Reasons for Software Project Failure According to Developers Worldwide, As Of 2022
67%
of projects fail because project management is undervalued
55%
of projects fail as a result of lacking time
23%
Developer churn and loss of key talent/employee
17%
Immature dev tools and application platforms
Inability to
reach consensus on priorities
Not
starting with the end customer
Failure to
employ a robust testing strategy
Unclear minimum
viable product (MVP) requirements
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