2022 Stack Overflow Survey: Hottest Languages, Tools & Remote Work Trends
Based on responses from over 70,000 developers in 180 countries, the 2022 Stack Overflow survey shows a rise in online learning, Docker surpassing Git as the top tool, Rust leading language popularity, Clojure commanding the highest salaries, VS Code and Visual Studio dominating IDE usage, and a strong shift toward remote and hybrid work models.
Survey Overview
The 2022 Stack Overflow Developer Survey gathered more than 70,000 participants from 180 countries, revealing key trends in learning, tool usage, language popularity, salaries, and work arrangements.
Learning Preferences
Online coding education grew from 60% to 70% of developers. Respondents over 45 years old still favor books, while younger developers rely heavily on online resources, with those under 18 most likely to use online courses or certifications.
Top Tools
Docker overtook Git as the most popular basic tool, rising from 55% to 69% of votes. Beginners are more inclined to use 3D tools such as Unity 3D (23% vs 8%) and Unreal Engine (9% vs 3%) to learn VR/AR skills.
Popular Languages
JavaScript remains the most used language. Rust has been the top‑ranked language for seven consecutive years, with 87% of developers planning to continue using it. Python is also highly demanded, while TypeScript ranks third and C# appears ninth.
Highest Paying Languages
Clojure leads salary rankings at $106,644, followed by Erlang ($103,000) and F# ($95,526), far surpassing Go ($89,204). PHP falls near the bottom with $50,496.
Favorite IDEs
Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio are the two most popular IDEs, maintaining their lead from previous years. Support for these IDEs grew, with VS Code usage rising from 34.9% (2018) to 74.48% (2022) and Visual Studio slightly declining.
.NET Usage
.NET is the most used non‑web framework/library (34.55% of respondents), followed by NumPy (28.65%) and Pandas (25.08%). Among developers learning to code, NumPy and Pandas rank higher than .NET.
Web Frameworks
Phoenix has become the most popular web framework, overtaking Svelte. Angular.js remains the most disliked framework for the third year, while React.js continues to be the most needed.
Container Engines
Docker and Kubernetes are the top two most popular and most needed container engine tools. Docker usage grew from 30% to 37% year over year.
Work Status Changes
85% of developers report that at least part of their work is remote. Large enterprises (>10,000 employees) tend toward hybrid models, while smaller companies favor in‑office work. 62% spend over 30 minutes daily searching for solutions, with 25% spending more than an hour, amounting to 333–651 hours per week for a 50‑person team.
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