Global Scans · Software · Weekly Summary

• [New] Real-world signals are already emerging: Salesforce, a leading enterprise software provider, credits AI agents with halving its customer support headcount (~4,000 jobs) (), showing the potential for efficiency. IntuitionLabs
• The Gerlingen site near Stuttgart will lose some 3,500 jobs by the end of 2027, reducing the workforce developing car software, advanced driver assistance and automated driving technology. SKY
• With unfilled technical jobs projected to surpass 80 million by 2030, software engineers can afford to be picky. RecruitingDaily
• Already with an estimated 40 million technical jobs going unfilled, the lack of skilled software engineers is expected to more than double in the next decade. eWeek
• A.I. could potentially be used to deliver expertise on tap in jobs like health care delivery, software development, law, and skilled repair. The New York Times
• Employers are projected to demand more technology-forward skills with Software Developer jobs to grow by over 500,000 in the next 10 years. ARM Institute
• There will be 149 million new tech jobs by 2025, including jobs in software and cybersecurity. Career Karma
• Probably due to the new human-machine interaction, more than eighty million jobs could be lost by the end of 2025, but with the adaptation between humans, machines and software, almost one hundred million new jobs could be created. FuturingYOU
• By 2025, an estimated 2.6 million jobs will have been created globally in AI-robotics integration, primarily in engineering and software roles. SQ Magazine
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 26% employment growth for software developers between 2021 and 2031 (an estimated 370,600 jobs opening up). Technically Media
• 5G and related technologies will produce an additional 4.6 million jobs by 2034, including positions for precision agriculture software developers, engineering architects, remote construction database developers, digital manufacturing platform developers and more. Dice

Last updated: 15 December 2025