Learning Angular over React might get you Hired Faster in 2025

The 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is out and guess what? Most individuals who start learning to code typically choose React. To an extent, rightfully so, as quite a few FullStack and FrontEnd development roles require ReactJS. But does the job market trend reflect the learning trends among FrontEnd developers?

TL;DR:
- For every 1 developer learning Angular, there are 5 developers learning React.
- For every 1 React developer job, there are 0.78 Angular developer jobs.
- The job market demand doesn’t reflect this ReactJS learning focus.

Technology Learning Trends

The table below indicates that out of 5,010 developers that are currently “Learning to Code”:

10.8% (540 people) are learning Angular and AngularJS

54.5% (2,730 people) are learning React and NextJS (latter also using React).

Canadian Job Market Data – Angular vs React

A quick search on LinkedIn showed the following:

Angular / AngularJS jobs: 145+ jobs in Canada.

React / ReactJS jobs: 185+ jobs in Canada.

Numbers Analysis

Overwhelming preference for React in learning: With more than five times the number of developers learning React compared to Angular (54.5% vs. 10.8%), it’s clear that React dominates as the preferred framework among new developers.

Learning Ratio: For every 1 developer learning Angular, there are 5 developers learning React.

Job Market Ratio: For every 1 React developer job, there are 0.78 Angular developer jobs.

The job market demand doesn’t reflect this learning focus:

React has more jobs available, but not by as large of a margin as the learning trends suggest.

While React has more job listings, the gap between React and Angular jobs is only around 33%, far smaller than the nearly 400% difference in learning focus.

Conclusion

There is a clear disconnect between what software developers are learning and what is in demand on the job market. While more than five times as many developers are focusing on React, the job market isn’t as disproportionate. There are only about 1.3 times more jobs for React than Angular, yet the number of learners is overwhelmingly skewed toward React.

The over-investment in ReactJS may be creating a bottleneck of competition for React roles, while there is less competition for Angular positions despite a solid number of openings. The market for Angular jobs is being underserved by new developers, and the strong React learning trend could lead to an oversaturated talent pool.