Software Developers: 2022 Statistics You Need to Know

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.

Last Updated: March 27, 20242 min readCategories: Business & IT Leadership

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

Source: Techrepublic

Software Developers, Applications & Systems Software Gender Composition, 2022

Gender

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
Asian
Latino
Black or African American
Other

White – 56.3%

Asian – 28.9%

Latino – 7%

Black or African American – 5%

Other- 2.8%

Software Developers By Age

Source: Truelist

19.8%

18-24 years

48.4%

25-34 years

21.7%

35-44 years

9.9%

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

  1. SQL – For Database Interaction
  2. Python – For Coding and Programming
  3. IDEs
  4. SQL databases
  5. GIT – Version Control & Code Repository
  6. Testing tools
  7. Code text editors
  8. UI design and prototyping tools
  9. Project management tools
  10. Code analysis tools
  1. DB modeling and design tools
  2. App servers and middleware
  3. Requirements management tools
  4. System and object-modeling tools
  5. Cross-platform mobile AD tools
  6. Load and stress testing tools
  7. Release management tools
  8. Commercial software components
  9. Business rules engines
  10. NoSQL databases

Source: Statista

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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