In the coming years, developers may require additional skills as the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) grows. Gartner, an American technological research and consulting company, recently conducted a survey, which found that about 80% of developers will need to upskill by 2027.
The report surveyed 300 organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States in late 2023. It found that in 2024, 56% of developers with skills in machine learning and artificial intelligence were the most in-demand roles. The survey also found that the biggest skills gap these organizations faced was in applying artificial intelligence/machine learning for applications.
For this gap to be bridged, more developers will need to upgrade their skills. This comes as the adoption of artificial intelligence continues to grow. This tech is already influencing organizational outlooks for developers, which puts junior developers at risk of being terminated.
One should keep in mind, however, that the promised improvements in productivity from coding assistants are currently falling short of the mark.
Gartner sees a trio of ways artificial intelligence will impact software developers moving forward. In the short-term, the company expects that artificial intelligence tools will generate moderate productivity gains by complementing current developer tasks and work patterns. The company suggests that these benefits in productivity will mainly impact senior developers in organizations with mature technology techniques.
However, in the mid-term, artificial intelligence agents will have a bigger and more palpable effect on work patterns by offloading and automating more development tasks. By this point, software engineering native to artificial intelligence, when majority of the code will be generated by AI instead of written by humans, will start taking over in more application development organizations.
In the long-term, artificial intelligence is expected to make dev work even more efficient. However, for the rapidly increasing demand for artificial intelligence-powered software to be met, organizations will need to hire very skilled developers.
In a statement, Gartner’s senior principal analyst Philip Walsh cited claims that AI’s ability had led to speculation that it would decrease the demand for human engineers or replace them completely. He explained that while artificial intelligence will transform the role of software engineers in the future, human creativity and expertise will continue to be crucial in the delivery of innovative and complex software.
With software engineering native to artificial intelligence in the offing, developers seeking to remain relevant in the long-term may need to apply creativity and expertise to their own career choices and skill sets. This demand for these latest skills is likely already being manifested at leading AI firms such as Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) as they race to dominate this nascent industry.
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