Developer Profile: Proportion of 35+ Years Old Increasing Annually, Full Stack and Backend Developers Most Common
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Developers aged 18-34 account for 57.9%, with 25-34 year-olds making up 36.5%, forming the main workforce.
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The proportion of those 35 and above has been increasing yearly, from 31% in 2022 to 39% this year.
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Developers with 5-9 years of programming experience are the most common (27.1%), followed by those with 10-14 years (20.1%). 38% of respondents have been coding for over 15 years.
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Executives and engineering managers have the highest average coding experience, exceeding 15 years. Popular positions like backend and full stack average 10-11 years.
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41% of developers hold a bachelor's degree, while 25.6% have a master's degree.
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82.1% of respondents prefer using "other online resources" to learn programming. Technical documentation (83.9%) and Stack Overflow (80.3%) are the most commonly used online resources.
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Full stack, backend, and frontend developers are the most prevalent, but the proportion of frontend developers decreased from 6.6% last year to 5.6%.
Technology Trends Update: JavaScript Remains First, PostgreSQL Most Popular Database for Second Consecutive Year
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JavaScript (62%), HTML/CSS (53%), and Python (51%) remain the top three most used programming languages for the second consecutive year.
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SQL also occupies a significant market share, indicating the importance of database technology.
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Rust is the language most developers have used and want to use again, with an 83% approval rate.
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Python is the most popular language among those learning programming.
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PostgreSQL is the most popular database for the second consecutive year, used by 49% of developers.
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In cloud platform usage, AWS share remains steady, while Azure and Google Cloud see slight increases. Azure rose from 26% to 28%, and Google Cloud from 24% to 25%.