Link: Developer Survey via Stack Overflow
Based on their survey of 49,000+ developers, Stack Overflow shared a report on the tools software develoeprs are using in 2025. Their survey this year has a new focus on AI agent tools, LLMs and community platforms.
- Architect is a new role added to the survey this year and is the fourth most popular role for respondents.
- Python developers aspire to use Rust and Go as the path to high performance systems programming.
- 84% of respondents are using or planning to use AI tools in their development process, an increase over last year (76%). This year we can see 51% of professional developers use AI tools daily.
- AI agents are not yet mainstream. A majority of developers (52%) either don’t use agents or stick to simpler AI tools, and a significant portion (38%) have no plans to adopt them.
- Of the top-reporting countries in this year’s survey, the US has the highest number of developers working remotely (45%). 21% of developers in Germany say the choice to go into the office or work remotely is completely up to them.
- Of respondents who indicated they were currently employed, 57% said they work for companies with fewer than 500 employees.