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Since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, the overall landscape of technology-related employment postings has undergone a striking transformation, illustrating both remarkable contractions in certain areas and substantial expansions in others. Newly compiled data from the employment platform Indeed makes these shifts especially clear, revealing with specificity which career paths within the tech industry have experienced sharp declines in demand and which positions, on the contrary, have enjoyed renewed growth. The chart below provides a visual representation of these findings, underscoring the extent to which artificial intelligence has altered the hiring patterns of the technology sector.
Earlier this year, I shared a broader dataset from Indeed indicating that the number of technology job postings had fallen steeply since the start of 2020, a figure that also encompassed wider economic challenges, including the downturn affecting the industry in the wake of the pandemic. Because those earlier statistics captured multiple overlapping trends, the picture they painted of AI’s unique role in reshaping the job market was somewhat blurred. In order to isolate the direct influence of generative AI—and ChatGPT in particular—I requested a more narrowly targeted analysis that would focus solely on the period beginning with the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Indeed processed the data through November 2024, offering a clean, two-year window to track the ways in which AI has modified employment opportunities across the technological professions.
The results, presented in the accompanying data table, are both surprising and thought-provoking. For example, one of the most dramatic declines has been observed in listings for mobile developers, which have plummeted by more than 70% since ChatGPT’s debut. A plausible explanation behind this downturn is the rapid adoption of AI-powered coding assistants and automated programming tools, which now enable individuals who lack extensive technical training to produce functional applications with relative ease. In consequence, demand for traditional mobile development specialists has waned.
Similarly, positions for Java developers have contracted significantly. This is unsurprising when one considers that Java remains a core language in mobile app design, meaning its decline mirrors the broader shift away from human-dependent mobile development. Job postings for cloud architects and engineering managers have also trended downward, suggesting that responsibilities in these areas may be increasingly streamlined through automation or distributed across new types of teams.
On the other hand, certain categories of roles have flourished. Employment opportunities linked directly to artificial intelligence—particularly AI architects, who design and structure AI systems, and data center technicians, who maintain the physical infrastructure needed to support large-scale machine learning models—are in significantly higher demand. This increase directly reflects the surge in investment into AI projects and the parallel boom in constructing and expanding data centers following ChatGPT’s transformative entrance into mainstream awareness.
Beyond AI-specific positions, another area demonstrating meaningful growth involves what might initially seem like less glamorous but vitally important roles: the teams responsible for operating the fundamental “systems of record” within enterprises. These include human resources software platforms that track and manage employee information, as well as large-scale database systems that underpin corporate financial operations, sales management, and other mission-critical business processes. While such positions may lack the allure of cutting-edge AI research, they demand specialized expertise and cannot be easily replaced or automated, making them particularly valuable to organizations seeking stability and continuity.
In summary, the evidence paints a clear narrative: certain roles traditionally central to the technology industry are becoming less essential as AI tools make their functions more accessible to the general population, while other roles, especially those tied to the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure and indispensable business systems, have reached new levels of importance. This multifaceted shift emphasizes the necessity for technology professionals to remain adaptable, continually updating their skills to align with the evolving demands created by artificial intelligence.
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Sourse: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-jobs-plunged-since-chatgpt-which-roles-boomed-indeed-2025-8
