Reveal Survey Report: Top Software Development Challenges for 2022

Reveal Survey Report: Top Software Development Challenges for 2022

2021 was a year of optimism tempered by uncertainty and challenges for software developers and IT professionals. New products were updated and released and technologies that make developers’ lives easier emerged. Despite these positive innovations, software developers encountered a myriad of obstacles in their daily workflow.

To find out what obstacles faced developers in 2021 and reveal their future challenges, we surveyed 2,015 software developers and IT professionals to determine their biggest pain points, challenges, and areas for growth.

The Reveal survey examined:

  • The critical shortage of software developers
  • Top software skills needed in 2022 and beyond
  • The rising popularity of business intelligence/data analytics to solve problems and drive decision making
  • Interest in new technologies such as low code/no code, digital workplaces, design-to-code software
  • Ways to employ resources to save money and address skills gaps
  • Expansion and growth plans for 2022

Get the details in this report of how software developers plan to confront these issues and adopt new tools and technologies to expand business in 2022.

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About the Author

Casey Ciniello

Casey Ciniello

Casey Ciniello is a data and analytics-focused product leader at Infragistics, where she drives strategy and innovation for the Reveal embedded analytics platform and the Slingshot work management solution. With a BA in mathematics and an MBA, she brings an in-depth analytical foundation and business perspective to building products that help organizations turn complex data into actionable insights.
Casey leads the development of analytics-driven capabilities, shaping product direction through deep market analysis, user behavior insights, and evolving business intelligence trends. She works closely with customers to understand how data is used in real-world decision-making and translates those needs into intuitive, high-impact analytics experiences. Casey also serves as the Survey Lead for the annual Reveal Software Development Challenges survey, where she analyzes industry data to uncover key trends in analytics, AI, and modern development practices. Her insights and thought leadership have been featured in Dataversity, RT Insights, SaaSXtra, SD Times, Solutions Review, TechStrong IT, App Developer Magazine, Beta News, Integration Developer News, and UX Planet. She is a frequent webinar presenter on modern embedded analytics, machine learning, data visualizations, and scaling SaaS analytics. Casey joined Infragistics in 2013.