Software Industry Statistics

58% of developers use AI coding assistants daily—see how adoption, markets, IT spending, and security are shifting in 2024.
Attila HorváthGeorge Lockwood

Written by Attila Horváth

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Software is reshaping work and business—how apps are built, delivered, and secured. You’ll see how repository growth and platform adoption reflect changing development practices, from cloud-native containers to SaaS and application software spend. The page also highlights security signals, including the share of high-impact vulnerabilities and how often testing is automated, to connect technical risk with real-world budgets.

Key Takeaways

  1. 1GitHub reported 24.7 million new repositories created in the first quarter of 2024
  2. 2The UK had 42.9 million internet users for social networks in 2024, representing the audience size for social software platforms
  3. 358% of developers say they use AI coding assistants in their daily work
  4. 4Worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $5.22 trillion in 2024, indicating ongoing software-driven IT growth
  5. 5The global SaaS market is projected to reach $247.8 billion in 2024
  6. 6The global application software market was valued at $376.1 billion in 2023, representing total spend on application software
  7. 7In the US, 87% of software vulnerabilities are categorized as high impact (High or Critical) in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) for 2023 entries
  8. 8In 2023, 42% of organizations said their software security testing is automated at least weekly
  9. 9There were 3.2 million software developers employed in the United States in 2023 (BLS employment level)
  10. 10In the OpenAI API pricing, output tokens for certain GPT-4o mini tiers are priced at $0.60 per 1M output tokens

AI coding assistants, container adoption, and fast expanding software markets are reshaping development and security.

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01User Adoption

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  1. 1GitHub reported 24.7 million new repositories created in the first quarter of 2024
  2. 2The UK had 42.9 million internet users for social networks in 2024, representing the audience size for social software platforms
  3. 358% of developers say they use AI coding assistants in their daily work
  4. 478% of enterprises say they are using or evaluating containers

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02Market Size

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  1. 1Worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $5.22 trillion in 2024, indicating ongoing software-driven IT growth
  2. 2The global SaaS market is projected to reach $247.8 billion in 2024
  3. 3The global application software market was valued at $376.1 billion in 2023, representing total spend on application software
  4. 4In 2023, the worldwide enterprise software market reached $735.0 billion
  5. 5The global software-defined networking (SDN) market was valued at $19.0 billion in 2023
  6. 6The United States had $3.9 trillion in ICT services exports in 2022 (software and related services included under ICT services), reflecting global demand
  7. 7The US Federal Government reported $111.4 billion in software and IT services obligations in FY2023

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03Security Metrics

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  1. 1In the US, 87% of software vulnerabilities are categorized as high impact (High or Critical) in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) for 2023 entries
  2. 2In 2023, 42% of organizations said their software security testing is automated at least weekly

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05Cost Analysis

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  1. 1In the OpenAI API pricing, output tokens for certain GPT-4o mini tiers are priced at $0.60per 1M output tokens

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Sources and references

15 datasets cited across this report. Attribution is report-level.

github.blogdatareportal.comgartner.comstatista.comnvd.nist.govveracode.combls.govdata.oecd.orgresearchgate.netopenai.comusaspending.gov

4 additional datasets are cited and not shown individually.