2023 Tech Industry Hiring Report: Developer Demographics, In‑Demand Skills, and Hard‑to‑Fill Roles
The 2023 CodinGame and CoderPad hiring report, based on a survey of 14,000 tech professionals, reveals that most developers lack a CS degree, many are self‑taught, hybrid work is now the norm, and the most sought‑after roles are backend and full‑stack engineers while demand surges for JavaScript, Java, Python, AI/ML, and DevOps skills.
CodinGame and CoderPad released a 2023 technology industry hiring report based on a survey of 14,000 professionals, providing deep analysis of the hiring landscape for developers.
59% of developers do not hold a computer‑science university degree, and nearly one‑third consider themselves primarily self‑taught.
Most technical teams now operate in a hybrid remote/on‑site model; only 15% of developers work 100% on‑site.
Despite widespread layoff news, developers feel secure: 33% feel more secure in their jobs and 41% report no major change.
One in two developers is contemplating a job change within the next year.
The report confirms that JavaScript, Java, and Python remain the highest‑demand programming languages, with demand matching supply, while demand for TypeScript, Swift, Scala, Kotlin, and Go exceeds supply.
Node.js, React, and .NET Core are the most recognized and demanded frameworks; Angular is undersupplied and its popularity has declined (awareness dropped from 17% in 2021 to 12.3% this year).
Developers’ top three learning interests for 2023 are web development, AI/ML, and game development. Recruiters’ top three hiring priorities are web development, DevOps, and database software development. Interest in AI/ML among developers fell slightly from 30% in 2022 to 24% in 2023.
The most needed roles in 2023 are:
Backend developers (55.04%)
Full‑stack developers (54.33%)
Application developers (45.12%)
Full‑stack and backend positions are also reported as the hardest to recruit for due to talent shortages.
DevOps engineers remain in demand but slipped from the 3rd to the 5th most popular role; however, DevOps is still valued as a skill set, ranking second only to web development, reflecting the industry’s maturation in adopting DevOps and SRE practices.
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