Software Developers: 6 Statistics You Need to Know
Software Developers: 6 Statistics You Need to Know Now
A peak inside the profession
The 10 hottest developer jobs of 2017
1. Ruby developers
2. Mobile app developers
3. Information security software developers
4. IoT developers
5. JavaScript developers
6. Cloud developers
7. Full stack developers
8. Machine learning developers
9. DevOps engineers
10. UX/UI developers
Software Developers, Applications & Systems Software Gender Composition, 2015
934,115 Male Workforce (79.70%)
Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Software Developers, Applications & Systems Software
White – 60.30%
Asian – 31.70%
Black or African American – 4.30%
Other – 3.7%
Most pressing long-running challenges facing software developers worldwide, as of 2015
Staying current with new languages, frameworks, and tools
Striving to develop high-quality, high-performance, and secure code
Overall work/life balance
Overly demanding clients that do not appreciate the complexity
Finding work that utilizes the skills developed
Difficulty in communicating with team members and stakeholders
Immature tools and platforms that make work harder
20 Most Popular Types of Programming & Development Tools for Software Development
- Code text editors
- IDEs
- SQL databases
- Debuggers
- Testing tools
- Bug-tracking software
- UI design and prototyping tools
- Project management tools
- Code analysis tools
- Performance profiling 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 2015
48%
Changing or poorly documented requirements
40%
Underfunding or under-resourcing
37%
Poor team or organizational management
32%
Insufficient time allocated to testing
22%
Missed delivery timeline expectations
21%
Time constraints and pre-mature software release
23%
Developer churn and loss of key talent/employee
17%
Immature dev tools and application platforms
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