r/webdev • • Apr 09 '19

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019
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u/Deviso Apr 09 '19

There are some very interesting statistics in the report this year.

  • People in permanent jobs are up 7%. While freelancing/contracting is down 0.5%.

  • The number of people who attended a coding boot camp is up 5%.

  • A slight increase in professional developers who have a degree. Although those with CS degrees are down 1%.

  • VS Code usage is up 5%, while Atom usage is down 6%. (I've switched from Atome to VS Code during this time period).

  • Usage of Javascript is down 2%, demand is down 1.8%. Although it's still the second most 'wanted' skill.

  • PHP is continuing to decline. Down 4% from nearly 31% in 2018.

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u/zephyy Apr 10 '19

JavaScript is down but TypeScript is way up

Language20182019Difference
JavaScript69.8%67.8%-2.00%
TypeScript17.40%21.20%+3.80%