1 Developers
What we know about the global community of developers.
1.1Profile
Coding
The Developer Survey is meant to explore insights for those that code. A majority of respondents (76%) are professional developers with an additional 15% that are aspirational or adjacent.
Age
76% of the respondents in this survey are professional developers, and most (66%) professional developers are between 25 and 44.
Country
Ukraine and France swapped places this year compared to last, placing France in the top 5 list of responding countries.
| Country | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 7,218 | 20.4% |
| Germany | 3,022 | 8.6% |
| India | 2,536 | 7.2% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,036 | 5.8% |
| France | 1,408 | 4% |
| Canada | 1,303 | 3.7% |
| Ukraine | 963 | 2.7% |
| Poland | 886 | 2.5% |
| Netherlands | 867 | 2.5% |
| Italy | 833 | 2.4% |
| Brazil | 822 | 2.3% |
| Australia | 802 | 2.3% |
| Spain | 716 | 2% |
| Sweden | 616 | 1.7% |
| Switzerland | 546 | 1.6% |
| Czech Republic | 520 | 1.5% |
| Austria | 410 | 1.2% |
| Romania | 322 | 0.9% |
| Belgium | 320 | 0.9% |
| Denmark | 316 | 0.9% |
| Israel | 297 | 0.8% |
| Turkey | 294 | 0.8% |
| Mexico | 284 | 0.8% |
| Portugal | 279 | 0.8% |
| China | 255 | 0.7% |
| New Zealand | 255 | 0.7% |
| Finland | 254 | 0.7% |
| Greece | 252 | 0.7% |
| South Africa | 251 | 0.7% |
| Bulgaria | 244 | 0.7% |
| Pakistan | 238 | 0.7% |
| Norway | 237 | 0.7% |
| Hungary | 235 | 0.7% |
| Argentina | 222 | 0.6% |
| Bangladesh | 219 | 0.6% |
| Ireland | 209 | 0.6% |
| Colombia | 202 | 0.6% |
| Russian Federation | 200 | 0.6% |
| Nigeria | 199 | 0.6% |
| Japan | 188 | 0.5% |
| Indonesia | 180 | 0.5% |
| Serbia | 158 | 0.4% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of... | 149 | 0.4% |
| Kenya | 147 | 0.4% |
| Slovakia | 147 | 0.4% |
| Viet Nam | 145 | 0.4% |
| Philippines | 141 | 0.4% |
| Egypt | 139 | 0.4% |
| Chile | 131 | 0.4% |
| Thailand | 119 | 0.3% |
| Taiwan | 118 | 0.3% |
| Croatia | 113 | 0.3% |
| Lithuania | 101 | 0.3% |
| Sri Lanka | 95 | 0.3% |
| Singapore | 89 | 0.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 | 0.3% |
| South Korea | 86 | 0.2% |
| Nepal | 83 | 0.2% |
| Malaysia | 82 | 0.2% |
| Slovenia | 78 | 0.2% |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 72 | 0.2% |
| Estonia | 70 | 0.2% |
| Peru | 64 | 0.2% |
| Latvia | 62 | 0.2% |
| Morocco | 55 | 0.2% |
| Uruguay | 52 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 48 | 0.1% |
| Georgia | 48 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... | 47 | 0.1% |
| Ghana | 46 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 46 | 0.1% |
| Cyprus | 39 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 38 | 0.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 37 | 0.1% |
| Guatemala | 33 | 0.1% |
| Jordan | 32 | 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 0.1% |
| Ecuador | 28 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 28 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 26 | 0.1% |
| Dominican Republic | 26 | 0.1% |
| Armenia | 25 | 0.1% |
| Costa Rica | 25 | 0.1% |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 22 | 0.1% |
| Paraguay | 21 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 20 | 0.1% |
| Malta | 19 | 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 18 | 0.1% |
| Bolivia | 18 | 0.1% |
| Yemen | 18 | 0.1% |
| Myanmar | 17 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 16 | 0.1% |
| Montenegro | 15 | 0% |
| Rwanda | 15 | 0% |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 0% |
| Cameroon | 13 | 0% |
| Iceland | 13 | 0% |
| Iraq | 13 | 0% |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 0% |
| El Salvador | 12 | 0% |
| Zambia | 12 | 0% |
| Cambodia | 11 | 0% |
| Honduras | 11 | 0% |
| Madagascar | 11 | 0% |
| Mauritius | 11 | 0% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 11 | 0% |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 0% |
| Panama | 10 | 0% |
| Maldives | 9 | 0% |
| Togo | 9 | 0% |
| Cuba | 8 | 0% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 8 | 0% |
| Republic of Moldova | 8 | 0% |
| Angola | 7 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 7 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 7 | 0% |
| Namibia | 7 | 0% |
| Palestine | 7 | 0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 0% |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 7 | 0% |
| Andorra | 6 | 0% |
| Kosovo | 6 | 0% |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 0% |
| North Korea | 6 | 0% |
| Oman | 6 | 0% |
| Benin | 5 | 0% |
| Congo, Republic of the... | 5 | 0% |
| Fiji | 5 | 0% |
| Mozambique | 5 | 0% |
| Qatar | 5 | 0% |
| Senegal | 5 | 0% |
| Swaziland | 5 | 0% |
| Barbados | 4 | 0% |
| Guyana | 4 | 0% |
| Jamaica | 4 | 0% |
| Malawi | 4 | 0% |
| Somalia | 4 | 0% |
| Belize | 3 | 0% |
| Bhutan | 3 | 0% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 3 | 0% |
| Mongolia | 3 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0% |
| Sudan | 3 | 0% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0% |
| Botswana | 2 | 0% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0% |
| Haiti | 2 | 0% |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2 | 0% |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 2 | 0% |
| Mali | 2 | 0% |
| Micronesia, Federated States of... | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 0% |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0% |
| Suriname | 2 | 0% |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 0% |
| Turkmenistan | 2 | 0% |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0% |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0% |
| Gabon | 1 | 0% |
| Gambia | 1 | 0% |
| Guinea | 1 | 0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0% |
| Lesotho | 1 | 0% |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0% |
| Niger | 1 | 0% |
| Palau | 1 | 0% |
| San Marino | 1 | 0% |
| Timor-Leste | 1 | 0% |
1.2Education & Experience
Educational attainment
30% of developers learning to code this year have already attained a BS degree, indicating they are learning for a higher degree, for work, or are upskilling. This is an increase over last year when 24% said they had attained a BS degree.
Years coding
35% of developers responding to the Developer Survey this year have been coding less than 10 years.
Learn to code
A significant 69% of developers have spent time in the last year learning new coding techniques or a new programming language.
How did you learn to code?
Technical documentation is the most used resource for learning, with nearly 68% of respondents using it in the past year.
Learn to code for AI
Over 36% of respondents learned how to use AI-enabled tools for their job or to advance their career in the last year.
How did you learn to code for AI?
AI-powered tools and applications are the most popular way to learn about AI, with over 52% of respondents using them.
1.3Developer roles
Role
Architect is a new role we added to the survey this year and is the fourth most popular role for respondents.
Work experience
1 out of every 4 respondents have less than 5 years of work experience. For architects, 1 out of every 25 have less than 5 years of work experience.
Industry
Most respondents learning to code are in the software development or higher education industry, and almost all of them are using AI to learn.
