Developer Experience: key numbers and productivity implications
November 3, 2025Developer Experience (DevEx)
- Improving DevExa: Improving the developer experience (DevEx) can lead to positive business outcomes such as revenue growth and improved customer satisfaction. 69% of respondents said that a good DevEx improves the end-user experience.
- The importance of DevEx for competitiveness: 75% of respondents say their ability to compete in the market is directly related to the speed of delivery of quality software.
- Formal DevEx programs: 45% of organisations already have formal developer experience programmes in place.
- Benefits of DevExa: Improving the developer experience improves team morale, productivity and development speed.
- Objectives of DevEx programmesa: The most common goals of developer experience initiatives are to increase speed and productivity, improve software quality, and promote developer engagement.
- Benefits of investing in DevExa: More than 70% of organizations that have invested in DevEx have seen positive results such as revenue growth, improved developer satisfaction and increased productivity.
- DevEx as an important part of business strategy: 94% of respondents said their organisation has a DevEx strategy, but only one in four consider it mature and delivering value.
- Positive impact of DevEx on business goalsa: More than two-thirds of respondents believe that improving DevEx will positively impact business goals such as customer attraction and retention, revenue growth and profitability.
- A critical priority for management: 58% of software engineering leaders said that developer experience is a highly critical priority for their leadership.
- Support for diverse roles: 66% of organisations include not only internal employees but also external developers or outsourced teams in their DevEx programmes.
- Planned investments in DevEx: 76% of organisations plan to invest more in developer experience in the next year, leading to higher productivity and employee satisfaction.
- Dissatisfaction with DevEx investmentsa: Only 23% of developers are satisfied with their organisation's investment in DevEx improvements, meaning there is a significant gap between expectations and reality.
- The importance of DevEx for talent retention: 86% of leaders believe it will be nearly impossible to attract and retain top talent without improving DevEx.