BLS projects strong software developer job growth through 2034

The labor market still wants software people, and it wants a lot of them. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of software developers, quality assurance analysts and testers will grow 15 percent from 2024 to 2034, with about 129,200 openings a year on average. In 2024, the median annual wage was $133,080 for software developers and $102,610 for quality assurance analysts and testers.

That outlook matters because it pushes back on the idea that AI is simply shrinking the field. The BLS forecast points to sustained demand for people who can build, debug and ship reliable software, not just write code quickly. It also notes that many workers in this occupation spend their time in offices and on teams with other developers or QA analysts and testers, a reminder that software work has become a coordination job as much as a technical one.

That shift lines up with the way monday.com describes its own engineering organization. The company says it builds a cloud-based Work OS where teams create workflow apps to run processes, projects and everyday work. For engineers, that means the job is increasingly about systems thinking, code quality and working across product, QA and platform boundaries, not treating coding as a solo craft.

The practical career lesson is clear inside a company like monday.com, where AI is being pushed into the workflow rather than bolted on as a novelty. monday.com says its AI-powered quality assurance can flag issues directly in workflows, suggest test coverage and centralize test results so product managers, QA and engineers all see the same picture. That kind of setup rewards people who understand automated testing, architecture and how to judge AI-generated code, because the best engineers will be the ones who can make the whole process move faster without sacrificing reliability.

The business case for that approach is visible in monday.com’s own numbers. The company reported fiscal 2025 revenue growth of 27 percent and fourth-quarter revenue of $333.9 million. It also said monday vibe was the fastest product to pass $1 million in annual recurring revenue in company history, while customers with more than $50,000 in ARR accounted for 41 percent of total ARR.

The broader computer and information technology category is projected to grow much faster than average too, with about 317,700 openings per year from 2024 to 2034. Software remains a durable career path, but the winning profile is changing: less lone coder, more cross-functional builder who can help teams ship real software that holds up in production.