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Programming, scripting, and markup languages

Programming, scripting, and markup languagesAll Respondents · n = 14,099All RespondentsProgramming, scripting, and markup languagesJavaScriptSQLHTML/CSSPythonBash/Shell (all shells)TypeScriptJavaC#0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%201720182019202020212022202320242025202614,099Top 8 shownData licensed under Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0
All Respondents · n = 14,099
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Which programming, scripting, and markup languages have you done extensive development work in over the past year, which do you want to work with over the next year, and which have you used AI tools or AI agents to work with? Select all that apply in each row.
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JavaScriptSQLPythonTypeScriptJavaC#C++CPHPGoLuaAssemblySwiftRubyRVisual Basic (.Net)VBAGroovyPerlMATLABObjective-CHaskellScalaHTML/CSSBash/Shell (all shells)KotlinRustDartElixirClojureJuliaPowerShellLispDelphiErlangF#COBOLFortranOCamlSolidityGDScriptZigAdaPrologMicroPythonGleamMojo
201761.9%50.8%31.7%9.4%39.3%33.8%22.1%18.9%28.1%4.2%2.8%4.9%6.4%9.0%4.4%6.2%4.3%3.2%4.3%4.2%6.4%1.8%3.5%
201869.8%57.0%38.8%17.4%45.3%34.4%24.4%23.0%30.7%7.1%7.4%8.1%10.1%6.1%6.7%4.9%4.3%4.2%5.8%7.0%4.4%68.5%39.8%4.5%
201967.8%54.4%41.7%21.2%41.1%31.0%23.5%20.6%26.4%8.2%6.7%6.6%8.4%5.8%5.5%4.8%3.8%63.5%36.6%6.4%3.2%1.9%1.4%1.4%
202067.7%54.7%44.1%25.4%40.2%31.4%23.9%21.8%26.2%8.8%6.2%5.9%7.1%5.7%6.1%3.1%4.1%2.1%3.6%63.1%33.1%7.8%5.1%4.0%0.9%
202165.0%47.1%48.2%30.2%35.4%27.9%24.3%21.0%22.0%9.6%5.6%5.1%6.8%5.1%4.7%3.0%2.5%4.7%2.8%2.2%2.6%56.1%27.1%7.0%8.3%6.0%1.7%1.9%1.3%10.8%1.3%2.1%0.8%1.0%0.5%
202265.4%49.4%48.1%34.8%33.3%28.0%22.6%19.3%12.1%11.2%4.0%5.5%4.9%6.1%4.7%4.5%3.3%2.3%4.1%2.4%2.2%2.6%55.1%29.1%9.2%9.3%6.5%2.2%1.5%1.5%12.1%1.3%3.3%0.9%1.0%0.7%0.9%0.6%1.5%
202363.6%48.7%49.3%38.9%30.6%27.6%22.4%19.3%18.6%13.2%6.1%5.4%4.7%6.2%4.2%4.1%3.6%3.4%2.5%3.8%2.3%2.1%2.8%53.0%32.4%9.1%13.1%6.0%2.3%1.3%1.2%13.6%1.5%3.2%1.0%1.0%0.7%1.0%0.7%1.3%1.7%0.8%0.8%0.9%
202462.3%51.0%51.0%38.5%30.3%27.1%23.0%20.3%18.2%13.5%6.2%5.4%4.7%5.2%4.3%4.2%3.7%3.3%2.5%4.0%2.1%2.0%2.6%52.9%33.9%9.4%12.6%6.0%2.1%1.2%1.1%13.8%1.5%1.8%0.9%0.9%0.7%1.1%0.8%1.1%2.3%1.1%0.9%0.8%1.6%
202566.0%58.6%57.9%43.6%29.4%27.8%23.5%22.0%18.8%16.4%9.2%7.1%5.4%6.4%4.9%4.4%4.2%4.8%3.8%3.9%2.7%61.9%48.7%10.8%14.9%5.9%2.7%23.2%2.4%2.5%1.5%1.3%1.0%1.4%1.2%3.3%2.1%1.4%1.1%2.3%1.1%0.5%
202662.0%58.4%58.0%43.8%27.6%27.1%24.3%21.8%17.7%16.5%9.4%7.2%5.9%5.8%4.5%4.0%3.9%3.9%3.8%3.6%2.5%2.3%2.2%58.2%51.3%10.8%18.0%4.9%2.6%1.3%1.5%24.6%2.6%1.9%1.5%1.2%1.1%1.7%1.2%0.8%4.0%2.8%1.2%0.9%2.7%1.2%0.6%

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