Developer Experience: Key Numbers and Productivity Impacts
3. listopadu 2025
Developer Experience (DevEx)
69%
of respondents said that good DevEx improves end-user experience.
Forrester, 2022
75%
of respondents say their ability to compete in the market is directly related to the speed of delivering quality software.
Forrester, 2022
45%
of organizations already have formal programs in place to support developer experience.
Gartner, 2023
70%+
of organizations that invested in DevEx saw positive results such as revenue growth, improved developer satisfaction, and higher productivity.
Forrester, 2022
94%
of respondents said their organization has a DevEx strategy, but only one in four consider it mature and delivering value.
Forrester, 2022
58%
of software engineering leaders said developer experience is a highly critical priority for their leadership.
Gartner, 2023
66%
of organizations include not only internal employees but also external developers or outsourced teams in their DevEx programs.
Gartner, 2023
76%
of organizations plan to invest more in developer experience next year.
Atlassian, 2024
23%
of developers are satisfied with investments in improving DevEx at their organization - there's a significant gap between expectations and reality.
Atlassian, 2024
86%
of leaders believe that without improving DevEx, it will be nearly impossible to attract and retain top talent.
Atlassian, 2024
Productivity and Tools
59%
of respondents said that application deployment automation is key to improving DevEx.
Forrester, 2022
89%
of respondents use an internal developer platform, which increases individual productivity by 8% and team productivity by 10%.
DORA, 2024
8%+10%
increase in individual and team productivity when using internal developer platforms.
DORA, 2024
8h+
of developers said they lose 8 hours or more per week due to inefficiencies in their role.
Atlassian, 2024
DORA Metrics and Team Performance
127x
Elite teams achieve 127x faster deployment lead time than low-performing teams.
DORA, 2024
8x
Elite teams have 8x lower change failure rate than low-performing teams.
DORA, 2024
6%
Platform engineering brings a 6% increase in software delivery and operational performance.
DORA, 2024
58%
of respondents said the main goal of DevEx investments is to reduce friction in team processes.
Forrester, 2022
$6.9M
Losing 8 hours per week due to inefficiencies in a company with 500 developers can cost approximately $6.9 million annually.
Atlassian, 2024
Impact of Leadership and Stable Priorities
Unstable organizational priorities lead to decreased productivity and increased burnout. Priority stability increases productivity and improves developer well-being.
DORA, 2024
Transformational leadership improves productivity, satisfaction, team performance, and reduces the likelihood of employee burnout.
DORA, 2024
99%
of leaders agree that the developer role has become more complex, with the main factors being inadequate staffing, technology, and tools.
Atlassian, 2024
AI Adoption
39.2%
of respondents report having low or no confidence in artificial intelligence, which may affect their productivity and work performance.
DORA, 2024
75%
of respondents said that adopting AI had a positive impact on their productivity.
DORA, 2024
75.9%
of individuals rely on AI for daily professional tasks, with the most commonly used tasks being code writing (74.9%) and information summarization (71.2%).
DORA, 2024
7.5%+3.4%
AI increases documentation quality by 7.5% and improves code quality by 3.4%, while accelerating approval and review processes.
DORA, 2024