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Trends at a Glance

Over the past few years, the tech sector has seen both significant growth and the democratization of development. More professionals are choosing careers as developers or exploring various roles beyond the conventional developer positions, such as designers, analysts, engineers, and more. By 2025, the number of professional developers worldwide reached approximately 20.8 million people. See the charts below for a breakdown of trends in the total number of professional developers globally between 2019 and 2025.

Number of Software developers (in millions)

14.1

2019

14.9

2020

16.2

2021

17.3

2022

18.2

2023

19.6

2024

20.8

2025

Top 15 countries by number of professional developers

0K

107K

161K

244K

369K

557K

842K

1,272K

1,922K

2,904K

4,387K

20192020202120222023202420252019202020212022202320242025ChinaUnited StatesIndiaJapanBrazilGermanyUnited KingdomCanadaSouth KoreaFrancePolandSpainMexicoTürkiyeArgentina

Number of professional developers by age groups (in millions)

0.3

18‑20

2.6

21‑24

5.2

25‑29

4.3

30‑34

3.4

35‑39

3.5

40‑49

1.2

50‑59

0.3

60+

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Number of developers by segments

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Number of software developers by top 13 countries

2,846,000

India

0

Brazil

0

Canada

0

China

0

France

0

Germany

0

Japan

Number of software developers by age group

37,000

18‑20

755,000

21‑24

890,000

25‑29

574,000

30‑34

318,000

35‑39

240,000

40‑49

29,000

50‑59

<1,000

60+

Number of software developers by professional experience

151,000

<1 year

532,000

1‑2 years

797,000

3‑5 years

652,000

6‑10 years

459,000

11‑15 years

244,000

16+ years

Number of software developers by activities involved

2,846,000

Coding / Programming

1,916,000

Code Reviewing

1,406,000

Deployment

1,101,000

System Design

843,000

AI engineering

729,000

Testing

645,000

Infrastructure Development / DevOps

Number of software developers by job title

2,623,000

Developer / Programmer / Software Engineer

488,000

Architect

483,000

Team Lead

240,000

DevOps Engineer / Infrastructure Developer

222,000

Data Analyst / Data Engineer / Data Scientist

134,000

UX / UI Designer

110,000

CIO / CEO / CTO

Number of software developers by primary programming language

Respondents were allowed to select up to 3 primary languages

1,199,000

Java

972,000

Python

862,000

JavaScript

619,000

TypeScript

459,000

SQL

394,000

HTML / CSS

336,000

Kotlin

Number of software developers by programming language used in the last 12 months

1,690,000

JavaScript

1,623,000

Python

1,585,000

Java

1,483,000

HTML / CSS

1,347,000

SQL

1,236,000

TypeScript

943,000

Shell scripting languages

Number of software developers by software type

1,309,000

Business applications

1,008,000

Websites

812,000

Web services (without a GUI)

777,000

Cloud services

553,000

Finance

501,000

System software

485,000

Analytical software

Number of software developers by platforms

1,739,000

Server / Infrastructure / Cloud

1,722,000

Browser

1,401,000

Desktop

1,054,000

Mobile

246,000

IoT / Embedded

123,000

WebAssembly

57,000

Console (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, etc.)

Number of software developers by operating system

1,778,000

Windows

1,526,000

macOS

1,342,000

Linux

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