Will AI Replace Web Developers? AI Risk 60/100

Q: Will AI replace web developers?

Web developers get an AI risk score of 60 out of 100 (high risk). Expect a large share of the tasks to be automated in the next 5 to 10 years, with fewer people doing more.

High risk

The verdict

Expect a large share of the tasks to be automated in the next 5 to 10 years, with fewer people doing more.

What AI already does

AI generates pages, components and whole sites from a description.

What stays human

Architecture, performance, accessibility and turning vague briefs into products.

What to learn next

Product thinking, back-end and cloud skills, AI-assisted development.

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Sources: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; IMF, "Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" (2024); ILO, "Generative AI and Jobs" (2023, updated 2025); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023); Frey and Osborne, "The Future of Employment" (2013). Scores are RoboDoom's own estimates, see how we score.

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