DIGITAL & TRENDS

Software development
 Table of Contents

01 Software/App market overview Tools used for test case storage worldwide in 2023 22
Proportion of project tests that are automated worldwide 2023 23
Enterprise software total worldwide expenditure 2009-2024 04
Global enterprise application software revenue 2017-2026 05
04 Segment: Mobile app development
Software market revenue worldwide 2016-2027, by segment 06
Quarterly mobile app consumer spend on mobile apps Q1 2024 07 Mobile operating systems targeted by developers globally 2022-2023 25

Quarterly consumer spend on mobile apps per user 2019-2023 08 Cross-platform mobile frameworks used by developers worldwide 2019-2023 26

Number of iOS and Google Play app downloads as of Q1 2023 09 Number of applications submitted to the iTunes App Store 2017-2023 27
Global iOS app retention rate Q3 2023 28

02 Software development overview App tracking transparency: opt-in rate of iOS users worldwide 2022 29
Total Apple App Store iOS developer payout 2014-2023 30
Revenue of the application outsourcing industry worldwide 2020-2029 11
Most widely utilized programming languages among developers worldwide 2023 12
05 Segment: AI tools
Most utilized cloud platform by developers globally in 2023 13
Most utilized frameworks among developers worldwide 2023 14 Most popular uses of AI in the development workflow globally 2023 32

Most popular web frameworks among developers worldwide 2023 15 Reasons for using ChatGPT among global IT professionals in 2023 33

Programming languages with the highest salaries 2023 16 Weekly usage of AI tools worldwide in 2023, by experience 34
Share of IT professionals who use AI tools daily worldwide 2023, by profession 35

03 Segment: Software testing Developers’ work satisfaction with or without AI tools worldwide 2023 36

Main testing targets worldwide in 2023 18

06 Special focus: Sofware developers
Types of tests in software projects worldwide in 2023 19
Techniques used for test design worldwide in 2023 20 Average software developer remuneration globally 2023, by role 38

Primary test frameworks, tools, and technologies worldwide in 2023 21 Length of time developers have spent on coding globally 2023 39

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Developer gender distribution worldwide 2023 40

Global formal education levels of software developers 2023 41
Software developer engagement rate of popular technologies worldwide 2023 42

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CHAPTER 01

Software/App market
overview
 Information technology (IT) spending on enterprise software worldwide
from 2009 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Enterprise software total worldwide expenditure 2009-2024

1,200

1,029.42
1,000
913.33
Spending in billion U.S. dollars

783.46
800

615
600 529
477
419
400 369
310 310 326
285 297
269
225.51 244.64

200

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024*

4 Description: In 2023, IT spending on enterprise software amounted to around 913 billion U.S. dollars worldwide, a growth of 12.4 percent from the previous year. Like nearly all sub-segments of the IT services industry, the enterprise software market has experienced
high levels of growth in recent years, with market revenues more than doubling in the decade between 2010 and 2020. The COVID-19 global pandemic also did not slow down growth in the software sector as initially feared. For further [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2009 to 2024; *Forecast Read more
Source(s): Gartner
 Enterprise application software market revenue worldwide from 2017 to
2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Global enterprise application software revenue 2017-2026

600

500 478.5

424
Revenue in billion U.S. dollars

400

304.9
300 273.4

214.1 212.1
193.6
200 172.1

100

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021* 2022* 2025* 2026*

5 Description: This statistic shows the global revenue for enterprise application software from 2017 to 2026. The source estimates that global revenue for enterprise application software will reach 479 billion U.S. dollars in 2026. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2017 to 2022; *Forecast 2019 figure was calculated by Statista based on data provided by the source. Read more
Source(s): Gartner; Statista
 Revenue of the software market worldwide from 2016 to 2027, by
segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
Software market revenue worldwide 2016-2027, by segment

Enterprise Software Application Development Software System Infrastructure Software Productivity Software
900

800
88.44
85.68
700 82.76
Revenue in billion U.S. dollars

79.63 156.4
600 76.32 153.9
72.88 150.5
69.34 147.1
500 65.15 143.3
62.93 139
60.54 217
56.24 134 203.4
400 52.42 122.2 125.5 190.6
118.2 177.7
111.8 165.3
300 106.8 153.5
141.4
126.5 128.5
118.6
97.51 107.4
200
323.2 344.4
282.3 302.9
243.3 262.4
100 189.7 201.5 205.6 224.2
160.9 174.4

0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023* 2024* 2025* 2026* 2027*

6 Description: Enterprise software has the largest share of the overall software market, with worldwide revenues amounting to over 200 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, according to the Statista Technology Market Outlook. Due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
outbreak, the global software market growth slowed down considerably in 2020; however, the industry is expected to resume strong growth in 2021, with application development and enterprise software projected to mark the strongest [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2016 to 2021; *Forecast. The Software market represents the total market for Software. Relevant top-level software segments include Productivity Software, Enterprise Software as well as System Infrastructure Software and [...] Read more
Source(s): Statista; Statista Technology Market Insights
 Total value of global consumer spend on mobile apps as of 1st quarter
2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Quarterly mobile app consumer spend on mobile apps Q1 2024

80

70 68.7 69.9
70
64.6
Consumer spend in billion U.S. dollars

60

50

40 35.28
34 34 33 33 33.7 33.8 33.9
32 32.4
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22 22.6 23 23.4

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Q1 '19 Q2 '19 Q3 '19 Q1 '20 Q2 '20 Q3 '20 Q4 '20 Q1 '21 Q2 '21 Q3 '21 Q4 '21 Q1'22 Q2 '22 Q3 '22 Q4 '22 Q1 '23 Q2 '23 Q3 '23 Q4 '23 Q1 '24

7 Description: In the most recent quarter, the total value of global consumer spend on mobile apps amounted to 35.28 billion U.S. dollars, up by almost five percent compared to the corresponding quarter in 2023. Between 2019 and 2021, consumer spend on mobile
apps has experienced a constant increase. In 2023, the total consumer spend on mobile apps was of approximately 171 billion U.S. dollars. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; Q1 2019 to Q1 2024; across all platforms
Source(s): DataReportal; Meltwater; We Are Social
 Average consumer spend on mobile apps per smartphone as of 3rd
quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars)
Quarterly consumer spend on mobile apps per user 2019-2023

5.29 5.31 5.31

5.03 4.95 5.03 5.05
4.86 4.88
5
4.64
4.48
4.17
Average spend in U.S. dollars

4.04 4.11
3.9
4

0
Q1 '19 Q2 '19 Q3 '19 Q1 '20 Q2 '20 Q3 '20 Q1 '21 Q2 '21 Q3 '21 Q1 '22 Q2 '22 Q3 '22 Q1 '23 Q2 '23 Q3 '23

8 Description: As of the third quarter of 2023, the average consumer spend on mobile apps per smartphone was of approximately 5.05 U.S. dollars, up by four percent from the 4.86 U.S. dollars spend on average by global users during the third quarter of 2022.
Between the first and the third quarter of 2022, consumer spend on mobile apps experienced a downward trend with small fluctuations. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; Q1 2019 to Q3 2023; spend per handset, not per unique user; excluding apps downloaded from third-party Android stores
Source(s): DataReportal; Meltwater; We Are Social
 Number of Apple App Store and Google Play mobile app downloads
worldwide from 3rd quarter 2016 to 1st quarter 2023 (in billions)
Number of iOS and Google Play app downloads as of Q1 2023

Apple App Store Google Play

40

35
Number of downloads in billions

30

25
28.3 28.2 28.3
24.4 27.7 27.1 26.9
20
21.6
19.4 20.5
17.1 17.4
15 16.7
14

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9 Description: In the first quarter of 2023, users downloaded approximately 27 billion apps from Google Play. In contrast, mobile app only generated roughly 8.1 billion downloads in the Apple App Store. The Google Play platform has always made up the bulk of app
downloads but the Apple App Store is stronger in terms of revenue generation. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; Q3 2016 to Q1 2023
Source(s): MarketingCharts; Sensor Tower; Statista
CHAPTER 02

Software development
overview
 Revenue of the application outsourcing market worldwide from 2020 to
2029 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the application outsourcing industry worldwide 2020-2029

140

121.71 122.85 123.89 124.07

118.14 120.05
120 115.79 116.78
109.05
99.24
Revenue in billion U.S. Dollars

100

80

60

40

20

0
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

11 Description: The global revenue in the 'Application Outsourcing' segment of the IT services market was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 5.9 billion U.S. dollars (+4.99 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the indicator
is estimated to reach 124.07 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the revenue of the 'Application Outsourcing' segment of the IT services market was continuously increasing over the past years. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2020 to 2029
Source(s): Statista
 Most used programming languages among developers worldwide as of
2023
Most widely utilized programming languages among developers worldwide 2023

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

JavaScript 63.61%

HTML/CSS 52.97%

Python 49.28%

SQL 48.66%

TypeScript 38.87%

Bash/Shell (all shells) 32.37%

Java 30.55%

C# 27.62%

C++ 22.42%

C 19.34%

PHP 18.58%

PowerShell 13.59%

Go 13.24%

Rust 13.05%

Kotlin 9.06%

12 Description: As of 2022, JavaScript and HTML/CSS were the most commonly used programming languages among software developers around the world, with more than 63.6 percent of respondents stating that they used JavaScript and just around 53 percent using
HTML/CSS. Python, SQL, and TypeScript rounded out the top five most widely used programming languages around the world. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 87,585 respondents; Software developers; *Multiple responses were possible. Read more
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Most used cloud platform among software developers worldwide, as of
2023
Most utilized cloud platform by developers globally in 2023

Share of respondents
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55%

AWS 48.62%

Microsoft Azure 26.03%

Google Cloud 23.86%

Firebase 15.47%

Cloudflare 15.24%

Digital Ocean 13.37%

Heroku 12.02%

Vercel 10.68%

Netlify 8.95%

VMware 7.14%

Hetzner 4.41%

Linode, now Akamai 3.96%

Managed Hosting 3.42%

OVH 3.42%

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 2.6%

13 Description: As of 2023, AWS is the most popular cloud platform among software developers worldwide, with around 48.6 percent of surveyed software developers having used it in the past year. Microsoft Azure ranked second with 26 percent. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 69,549 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Most used libraries and frameworks among developers, worldwide, as of
2023
Most utilized frameworks among developers worldwide 2023

Share of respondents
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

.NET (5+) 25.29%

NumPy 20.25%

Pandas 18.97%

.NET Framework (1.0 - 4.8) 17.03%

Spring Framework 11.1%

RabbitMQ 10.33%

TensorFlow 9.53%

Scikit-Learn 9.43%

Flutter 9.12%

Apache Kafka 8.9%

Torch/PyTorch 8.75%

React Native 8.43%

Opencv 8.11%

Electron 6.97%

OpenGL 6.94%

14 Description: In 2022, around 25.3 percent of respondents used .NET (5+) Framework, while around around 17 percent of respondents used .NET Framework (1.0 - 4.8). Usage growth has been seen with data analysis and machines learning technologies such as NumPy
and Pandas, with 20.3 and 19 percent of respondents reported using them. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 67,231 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Most used web frameworks among developers worldwide, as of 2023
Most popular web frameworks among developers worldwide 2023

Share of respondents
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

[Link] 42.65%

React 40.58%

jQuery 21.98%

Express 19.28%

Angular 17.46%

[Link] 16.67%

[Link] CORE 16.57%

[Link] 16.38%

WordPress 13.38%

[Link] 12.79%

Flask 12.16%

Spring Boot 11.95%

Django 11.47%

Laravel 7.58%

FastAPI 7.42%

15 Description: [Link] overtook [Link] to become the most used web framework among software developers worldwide, as of 2023. According to the survey, around 42.7 percent of respondents reported to be using [Link], while 40.6 percent were using [Link].
Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 71,802 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Programming languages that are associated with the highest salaries
worldwide in 2023 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Programming languages with the highest salaries 2023

Salary in thousand U.S. dollars

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Zig
Erlang
F#
Ruby
Clojure
Elixir
Lisp
Scala
Perl
Go
OCaml
Objective-C
Flow
Rust
Swift

16 Description: According to the survey, Zig and Erlang are the programming languages that are associated with the highest salaries worldwide in 2023, with average of around 104 and 100 thousand U.S. dollars respectively. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 47,883 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
CHAPTER 03

Segment: Software testing

 What is your primary testing target in 2023?
Main testing targets worldwide in 2023

80%

70% 67%

60%
Share of respondents

50%

40%

30%

20%
14%
11%
10% 8%

0%
Web applications Desktop applications Mobile applications Other

18 Description: With a share of 67 percent of respondents reporting for web applications, this was the primary testing target worldwide in 2023, far above the rest. In second place was desktop applications with a 14 percent share. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
 What types of tests do you have in your projects?
Types of tests in software projects worldwide in 2023

70%
63%

60%

50% 47%
Share of respondents

40%
34%
32%
30%

20%
15%

10%

1%
0%
Unit Integration End-to-End Performance Other None

19 Description: In 2023, unit testing was the main type of testing used in projects as reported by 63 percent of respondents worldwide. This was followed by integration testing with a 47 percent share of the responses. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
 Which test design techniques do you use in 2023?
Techniques used for test design worldwide in 2023

60%

51%
50%

40%
40%
Share of respondents

30% 28%
25% 25%

20%

10%

0%
Use case testing User story testing Condition testing Boundary value analysis I’m not sure

20 Description: Use case testing was the primary technique used for test design in 2023, with just over 51 percent of respondents worldwide reporting the same. This is followed by user story testing with 40 percent of the responses. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
 Which test frameworks, tools, and technologies do you use, if any in 2023?
Primary test frameworks, tools, and technologies worldwide in 2023

2023 2022 2021

40%

35% 34% 34% 34%

31%
30% 29%
27%
26%
Share of respondents

25%
25% 23%
20% 20%
20% 19%

15%

10%

5%

0%
JUnit Selenium Postman Jest

21 Description: In 2023, JUnit was the primary technology used among test frameworks and tools, with 34 percent of respondents worldwide reporting the same. This comes after a small dip in 2022 where it was only at 31 percent share. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
 What tools do you use to store test cases in 2023?
Tools used for test case storage worldwide in 2023

45%
42%

40%

35% 33%

30%
Share of respondents

27%

25%

20%

15%

10% 9%

5%

0%
Office documents I don’t use any specific tools Special test case management tools Other

22 Description: In 2023, office documents were the main tools used to store test cases worldwide. This was reported by 42 percent of respondents, followed by respondents that didn't use any specific tools with about 33 percent share. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
 Approximately how many of your project tests are automated in 2023?
Proportion of project tests that are automated worldwide 2023

30%

26%
25% 24%

20%
Share of respondents

15% 14% 14%

12%
10%
10%

5%

0%
All Most Half Only some I'm not sure None

23 Description: Only 10 percent of those surveyed reported that all of their project tests were automated worldwide. The highest share of 26 percent of respondents reported that only some of the project tests were automated in 2023. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 26,348 respondents
Source(s): JetBrains
CHAPTER 04

Segment: Mobile app

development
 Mobile operating systems targeted by developers worldwide in 2022 and
2023
Mobile operating systems targeted by developers globally 2022-2023

Android iOS Other

100%

90% 87% 87%

80%

70%
Share of respondents

60% 58%
60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%
3% 3%
0%
2022 2023

25 Description: According to a 2023 survey, 87 percent of mobile software developers glo\bally were developing for applications for Android, a share that did not change compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, only 58 percent of developers work on applications for
Apple's iOS, a slight decrease in the share of developers compared to the previous year. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2022 to 2023; 26,348 respondents; Developers from 196 countries and regions
Source(s): JetBrains
 Cross-platform mobile frameworks used by software developers
worldwide from 2019 to 2023
Cross-platform mobile frameworks used by developers worldwide 2019-2023

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

50% 46%
46%
45% 42% 42%
42%
39% 38%
40%
35%
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35% 32%
30% 29%
30% 28%
26%
25%
20% 18% 18%
16% 16%
14%
15% 12% 11%
12% 12%
10% 11%
10% 10% 11%
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26 Description: Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile framework used by global developers, according to a 2023 developer survey. Based on the survey, 46 percent of software developers used Flutter. On the whole, roughly one third of mobile developers
use cross-platform technologies or frameworks; the rest of mobile developers use native tools. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2019 to 2023; 29,269 respondents; software developers
Source(s): JetBrains
 Number of applications for the release of newly developed apps in the
Apple App Store from January 2017 to October 2023
Number of applications submitted to the iTunes App Store 2017-2023

Applications Games
45,000

40,000

35,000
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30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

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27 Description: In November 2023, a total of 3,381 new games were submitted to the Apple App Store, while in the same period the new apps being submitted were 26.4 thousand. After reaching approximately 42.5 thousand new apps in September 2019, the number of
monthly submitted mobile apps to the Apple App Store has experienced a steady decline. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; January 2017 to October 2023
Source(s): [Link]
 iOS app retention rates worldwide in 3rd quarter 2023
Global iOS app retention rate Q3 2023

30%

25% 23.9%

20%
App retention rate

15%
12.3%

10% 8.3%

5.7%
5% 3.7%

0%
Day 1 Day 3 Day 7 Day 14 Day 30

28 Description: During the third quarter of 2023, retention in iOS apps after one day was at 23.9 percent, while retention after 30 days was at 3.7 percent. iOS apps enjoyed an overall higher retention rate than apps on Android. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; Q3 2023; iOS apps only
Source(s): AppsFlyer
 Monthly opt-in rate of mobile users worldwide allowing app tracking after
iOS 14.5 update as of April 2022
App tracking transparency: opt-in rate of iOS users worldwide 2022

30%
Share of active users who allow app tracking

25% 25% 25%

25% 24% 24% 24%
22%
21%
20%
20%
17%

15% 14%

11% 11%
10%

5%

0%
April 2021* May 2021 June 2021 July 2021 August September October November December January February March 2022 April 2022
2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022

29 Description: The latest Apple iOS version includes a new privacy feature which means that mobile apps are forced to ask users for permission to allow them to collect tracking data. Among those that have already installed the iOS 14.5 update, the opt-in rate (how
many people are choosing to allow app tracking) is around 25 percent, as of April 2022. With so many users concerned about their online activities being tracked, a low opt-in rate had been predicted. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; April 2021 to April 2022; 5.3 million mobile active users using iOS 14.5; * Day of iOS 14.5 launch. The source adds the following information: "Opt-in rate = number of devices that opted-in / (number of devices that opted-in + [...] Read more
Source(s): Flurry
 Cumulative Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers as of
January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Total Apple App Store iOS developer payout 2014-2023

350
320

300
Cumulative developer payout in billion U.S.

260
250

200
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dollars

155
150
120
100
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70
60
50
50 40
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Jan '14 Jul '14 Jan '15 Aug '15 Jan '16 Jun '16 Jan '17 Jun '17 Jan '18 Jun '18 Jan '19 Jan '20 Jan '21 Jan '22 Jan '23

30 Description: As of January 2023, Apple had paid a total of over 320 billion U.S. dollars to iOS app developers selling goods and services through the App Store. A year ago, the cumulative payout to developers had amounted to 260 billion U.S. dollars. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; July 2014 to January 2023; developers selling digital goods and services
Source(s): Apple
CHAPTER 05

Segment: AI tools
 Most popular uses of AI in the development workflow among developers
worldwide as of 2023
Most popular uses of AI in the development workflow globally 2023

Share of respondents

Interested in using Currently using

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Writing code 23.72%

82.55%
Debugging and getting help 40.66%
48.89%
Documenting code 50.24%
34.37%
Learning about a codebase 48.97%
30.1%
Testing code 55.17%
23.87%
Project planning 38.54%
13.52%
Committing and reviewing code 49.51%
10.09%
Deployment and monitoring 45.44%
4.74%
Collaborating with teammates 29.98%
3.65%

32 Description: According to the 2023 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, around 83 percent of developers reported that they were currently using AI tools for writing code. Debugging and getting help was the second most popular use for AI tools among developers with
around 49 percent of developers currently using it as of 2023. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8 to 19, 2023; 37,726 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Reasons for using ChatGPT among technology professionals worldwide in
2023
Reasons for using ChatGPT among global IT professionals in 2023

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Learning new topics 80.5%

Writing code 58.5%

Debugging 34.6%

Pair programming 31.5%

Creating documentation 31.3%

Automated testing 15%

Data analytics/Machine Learning 14.3%

Natural language processing 13.7%

Data generation and augmentation 12%

33 Description: In 2023, the vast majority technology professionals globally reported using ChatGPT to learn new concepts, with about 81 percent of respondents reporting so, while nearly 59 percent also reported using it for writing code. Debugging and creating
documentation were also among the leading uses of AI in the development workflow. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; June 3 to 22, 2023; 3,240 respondents
Source(s): Zero To Mastery
 Usage of artificial intelligence (AI) tools weekly among IT professionals
worldwide in 2023, by years of experience
Weekly usage of AI tools worldwide in 2023, by experience

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

0-1 61%

1-2 62.1%

3-5 75.5%

5-10 49.5%

10+ 29.3%

34 Description: Among the global AI tool users, early to mid-career technology professionals with 3 to 5 years of experience are the group that have the highest weekly adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with an adoption rate of 76 percent. This was followed by IT
professionals with 1 to 2 years of experience, with a rate of 62 percent. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; June 3 to 22, 2023; 3,240 respondents; IT professionals
Source(s): Zero To Mastery
 Percentage of technology professionals who use artificial intelligence (AI)
tools daily worldwide in 2023, by profession
Share of IT professionals who use AI tools daily worldwide 2023, by profession

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Machine Learning engineer 56.2%

Data scientist 45.1%

Front-end developer 37.2%

Web designer 35.9%

Back-end developer 35.4%

Full-stack developer 34.7%

35 Description: In 2023, AI tools were used daily by IT professionals across various fields. In that year, over 56 percent of machine learning engineers globally reported using these tools every day, while data scientists followed closely, with around 45 percent stating daily
usage. Back-end developers and full-stack developers reported slightly lower usage, with 35.4 percent and 34.7 percent respectively stating that they use AI tools daily. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; June 3 to 22, 2023; 3,240 respondents
Source(s): Zero To Mastery
 Developers’ work satisfaction with or without artificial intelligence (AI)
tools worldwide in 2023
Developers’ work satisfaction with or without AI tools worldwide 2023

Strongly agree Somewhat agree Neither agree or disagree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree
100%
5%
13%
90%
15%
80%
Percentage of developers

70%
30%
60% 56%

50%

40%
30%
30%

20%
31%
10% 20%

0%
Without generative AI With generative AI

36 Description: In 2023, around 87 percent of developers who hadn't used generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help with their development task stated they either strongly or somewhat agreed that they were able to focus on satisfying and meaningful work. This
is a significant improvement compared to just 50 percent of developers who hadn't used generative AI tools. Read more
Note(s): Asia, United States; 2023
Source(s): McKinsey & Company
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Special focus: Sofware

developers
 Average salaries of software developers worldwide as of 2023, by role (in
1,000 U.S. dollars)
Average software developer remuneration globally 2023, by role

Average salary in thousand U.S. dollars

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Senior Executive (C-Suite, VP, etc.) 124.75

Engineering manager 124.14

Marketing or sales professional 116

Engineer, site reliability 115.66

Developer Experience 107.09

Cloud infrastructure engineer 105

Blockchain 103.74

Developer Advocate 100.31

Security professional 99.31

Scientist 92.32

Product manager 88.93

Hardware Engineer 85.67

Research & Development role 85.67

Engineer, data 83.52

Data scientist or machine learning specialist 80.32

38 Description: Senior Executive is the highest-earning software development job worldwide as 2022, with the average annual salary amounting to around 125 thousand U.S. dollars. Engineering manager and site reliability engineer are the other developer jobs with high
salaries. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 46,411 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Stack Overflow
 Number of years spent coding for developers worldwide as of 2023
Length of time developers have spent on coding globally 2023

Share of respondents
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Less than 1 year 1.11%

1 to 4 years 14.7%

5 to 9 years 26.44%

10 to 14 years 19.89%

15 to 19 years 11.71%

20 to 24 years 9.47%

25 to 29 years 5.88%

30 to 34 years 4.14%

35 to 39 years 2.71%

40 to 44 years 2.63%

45 to 49 years 0.78%

More than 50 years 0.55%

39 Description: According to the survey, nearly 15 percent of the respondents have spent between one and four years writing code, while around 2.6 percent of developers have spent 40 to 44 years coding. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 8, 2023 to May 19, 2023; 87,435 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Amazon; Stack Overflow
 Distribution of developers worldwide by gender as of 2023
Developer gender distribution worldwide 2023

Other 1.3%

Female 23%

Male 75.7%

40 Description: In 2023, a global developer survey revealed that approximately 75 percent of the developers identified as male, while the share of female developers globally stood at around 23 percent. This majority representation of males in the developer community
underscores the historical trend of male dominance in the tech industry and highlights the challenges and barriers that women may face in entering or advancing in this field. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; June to August 2023; 8,380 respondents
Source(s): SlashData
 Levels of formal education for software developers, worldwide, as of 2023
Global formal education levels of software developers 2023

Share of respondents
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Primary/elementary school 2.14%

Secondary school 9.98%

Some college/university study without earning a degree 13.18%

Associate degree 3.15%

Bachelor’s degree 41.16%

Master’s degree 23.03%

Professional degree 4.36%

Something else 1.65%

41 Description: According to the survey, 41.2 percent of the software developers had bachelor degrees and just over 23 percent had attained a Master's degree of some form as of 2023. Additionally, around 4.4 percent had obtained some sort of a professional degree.
Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; May 11, 2022 to June 1, 2022; 89,184 respondents; Software developers
Source(s): Amazon; Stack Overflow
 Most popular technologies software developers are engaged with
worldwide as of 2023
Software developer engagement rate of popular technologies worldwide 2023

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

AI assisted development 62.5%

Generative AI 56.6%

Robotics 55.5%

Quantum computing 50.2%

Self-driving cars 50%

42 Description: According to a developer survey, global software developers are most engaged with AI-assisted development technologies, with about 63 percent of respondents indicating such. Generative AI and robotics were also popular technologies, with over 55
percent of developer engagement in 2023. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; November 2021 to February 2023; 13,939 respondents; active software developers engaged with a technology
Source(s): SlashData
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Amazon
Apple
AppsFlyer
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DataReportal
Flurry
Gartner
JetBrains
MarketingCharts
McKinsey & Company
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Sensor Tower
SlashData
Stack Overflow
Statista
Statista Technology Market Insights
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