Enterprise AI in Numbers · Focus area
AI-assisted software development in numbers
How much shipped work is agent-authored, how good is it, and what does it mean for team shape?
AI coding agents opened 1,100,065 pull requests on public GitHub in September 2026, 4.83% of all new pull requests, and 84.8% of their August pull requests were merged, against 78.9% for all pull requests. 85.7% of professional developers now use AI tools, while US software development job postings sit at 78.3 on Indeed's index, below their February 2020 baseline.
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Which model leads which job
The best independent result on each benchmark so far, and the model and lab that hold it.
| Job | Leading model | Score | Since | Evaluator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding benchmark leader | GPT-6 Astra OpenAI | 65.5% | September 3, 2026 | Epoch AI, Benchmarking hub |
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Agent pull requests
1,100,065
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Agent share of pull requests
4.83%
1,100,047 of 22,789,573 pull requests
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Coding agent CLI downloads
147,223,986
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Developers using AI
85.7%
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Software job postings
78.3
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Agent pull requests merged
84.8%
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