GoKawiilUS software developer job postings up 15% since Claude Code launch
Indeed Hiring Lab data shows U.S. software-development job postings have risen nearly 15% since February 2025, even as overall job postings declined and AI tools write an increasing share of code. GitHub reported that AI agents are now involved in one in three pull requests, up from fewer than one in ten a year earlier.
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The data complicates earlier predictions that AI coding tools would quickly shrink demand for human developers, suggesting instead that the role is shifting rather than vanishing. McKinsey's Eric Kutcher frames this as evidence that developers working alongside AI remain valuable as companies produce more code overall, though it remains unclear how long current hiring trends will hold given GitHub's own projection that most code could soon be machine-written.
- U.S. software-development job postings rose ~15% since February 2025 despite a broader job market decline.
- GitHub says AI agents now feature in one in three pull requests, up from under one in ten a year ago.
- McKinsey's Eric Kutcher cites the trend as a counterpoint to fears that AI would eliminate developer jobs.
Source: cnbc.com — Corynn Winston, 2026-10-11
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