Link to section🤖 AI Tools
AI Tools
96% of respondents used AI tools. Claude overtook ChatGPT as the most popular, used by 72% of respondents, while ChatGPT fell from 71% last year to 46%. Claude Code, newly listed this year, was used by 68%.
Which AI tools do you use regularly?
Multiple
Link to section⚖️ AI Code Generation
AI Code Generation
78% of respondents were generating at least half the code they produced through AI, up from about a third last year. Claude Code users were the heaviest adopters: 72% of them generated at least three-quarters of their code with AI, compared to 36% of other respondents.
What proportion of the code you produce is AI-generated?
Link to section⏱️ Code Generation Frequency
Code Generation Frequency
68% of respondents used AI tools to generate or refactor code at least a few times a day, up from 38% last year. 33% said they used them constantly, compared to 9% last year.
How frequently do you use AI tools to generate or refactor code?
Link to section🏭 Productivity
Productivity
Only about one in ten respondents disagreed that AI tools made them a lot more productive, down from one in six last year.
AI tools have made me a lot more productive.
Link to section🔒 Job Security
Job Security
32% of respondents saw AI as a threat to their job security, up from 19% last year.
AI tools are a threat to my job security.
Link to section👩💼 AI Stance
AI Stance
85% of respondents said their employer encouraged or required AI use, with 20% saying it was required. Mandates made a difference: where AI use was required, 86% of respondents generated at least three-quarters of their code with AI, compared to 59% where it was merely encouraged.
What's your employer's stance on AI usage?
Link to section🧠 AI Impact
AI Impact
Most respondents felt AI had improved their work: 54% said it had made their day-to-day experience as a developer better, while about a quarter said it had made it worse.
How respondents felt closely tracked whether AI made them more productive. Among those who strongly agreed that AI tools made them a lot more productive, 86% said their day-to-day experience had improved. Among those who disagreed, 73% said it had gotten worse.
How has AI use affected your day-to-day experience as a software developer?