# Will AI replace web developers? Updated October 2026 Web developers score 66 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 73%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 20% outright, and 7% stays with people. - **20%** AI can do it - **73%** AI helps - **7%** Needs a person High exposure Higher than 97% of the 923 occupations we scored. ## Task by task We graded 29 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 6 of them today, speeds up 21 and leaves 2 to people. | Task | AI exposure | | --- | --- | | Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses. AI drafts and sends routine replies; person handles escalations. | 75% AI can do it | | Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites. AI coding assistants draft most supporting code; developer reviews and integrates. | 70% AI helps | | Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems. Backup scripts and hosting tools run this; person spot checks restores. | 70% AI can do it | | Document test plans, testing procedures, or test results. AI drafts test plans and summarizes results from test output. | 70% AI can do it | | Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and device types. Monitoring tools collect metrics; AI drafts reports; person reviews. | 70% AI can do it | [See what AI can take on across an IT team](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-for/it/) ## How web developers compare All occupations (923) Computer and mathematical (36) **Web developers score 66**, marked by the dark line. Each dot is a score, darker where more occupations share it. The short marks show the averages, 37 for all occupations and 60 for computer and mathematical. ## Pay and outlook in the US Median pay $92,650 a year, May 2025 People employed 70,190 in the US, May 2025 Projected change in jobs +3.8% from 2024 to 2034 ## Skills to build - Take responsibility for security design for firewalls and message encryption - Negotiate launch scope and budgets with management and dev teams - Coordinate hosting vendor fixes during outages and network incidents - Review AI-written code for structure, standards, and browser compatibility - Tune Amazon EC2 and Amazon DynamoDB performance from monitoring metrics ## Safer roles nearby 5 related occupations with lower scores. - [Web administrators62 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/web-administrators/) - [Software developers59 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/software-developers/) - [Database administrators60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/database-administrators/) - [Systems engineers60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/systems-engineers/) - [Data engineers60 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/data-engineers/) ## Questions about web developers and AI Will web developers be replaced by AI? Partly. About 5 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly writing supporting code and writing up test and performance reports. Design judgment, stakeholder negotiation, security decisions, and vendor coordination stay with people. Will AI take over web development? AI can already do 20% of the task time in web development and speeds up another 73%. People still do 7% of it. The US has 70,190 web developer jobs, with a projected change of +3.8% from 2024 to 2034. Which tasks is AI taking over for web developers? Routine email replies, site file backups, and test documentation are the tasks AI takes over first, with exposure scores of 75 and 70. AI drafts the replies and summarizes test results from test output. Backup scripts and hosting tools copy site files to local directories on a schedule, so a person only spot checks restores. Which tasks for web developers stay human? Negotiating priorities with management and development teams stays human, since live conflict resolution needs people. Coordinating with network staff and hosting vendors on hardware and software faults also stays human. E-commerce strategy needs business judgment, and AI only helps with the analysis and integration options. How can web developers stay valuable? Take responsibility for the review of AI-written code, checking structure, browser compatibility, and AJAX error handling before release. Run requirements interviews and firewall and encryption design yourself, since those need people. Tune Amazon EC2 and Amazon DynamoDB performance using the metrics that monitoring tools collect. ## Related jobs - [UX designers66 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/ux-designers/) - [Programmers66 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/programmers/) - [SEO specialists62 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/seo-specialists/) - [Systems analysts59 out of 100](https://www.aigentcy.com/ai-exposure/systems-analysts/) ## Next steps for web developers - ### Check your job Your job title is a rough guide. Your actual tasks decide your score. Paste your job description or CV and see which of your tasks AI can do. [Check your job](https://www.aigentcy.com/tools/ai-exposure-checker/) [Check your CV](https://www.aigentcy.com/tools/cv-checker/) ### Check which roles in your team AI can take on We map your team's tasks, show what AI can do today and build the automations that pay back first. 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