Anthropic · GitHub · Claude · U.S. · CNBC Technology
Some AI experts claim AI-written code across the entire GitHub platform has now passed the halfway mark
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A year ago, GitHub said that number was fewer than one in 10.
Key facts
- Indeed Hiring Lab found that senior roles accounted for 71% of the increase in software-development postings between May 2025 and May 2026
- But even after the recovery, software-development job postings remain about 27.5% below their pre-pandemic level, according to Indeed Hiring Lab data
- U.S. software development job postings have risen since February 2025, the launch date for Anthropic's Claude Code, even as overall job postings fell, complicating predictions that AI would rapidly
- GitHub leaders have said in the past that as much if not more than 80% of code could eventually be written by AI, especially as developers become more comfortable working with AI tools
Summary
U.S. software development job postings have risen since February 2025, the launch date for Anthropic's Claude Code, even as overall job postings fell, complicating predictions that AI would rapidly erase demand for developers. Concerns about the future of the software development career are well-founded, and intensified as companies adopted AI-powered coding tools, especially as those tools keep getting better. Some AI experts claim AI-written code across the entire GitHub platform has now passed the halfway mark. Labor market researchers say that against this backdrop, the profession is evolving rather than disappearing. Some economic experts are pointing to the rebound in software job postings as confirmation for a glass half-full view of AI and the job market. " Instead, he said, as companies are producing more code than ever before, software developers who work with AI remain in high demand.