2025

Software Engineering Benchmarks Report

This report was created from a study of 6.1+ M PRs from 3,000 engineering teams across 32 countries.
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*Calculated using 75th percentile.
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Metric
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Fair
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Coding Time
< 1< 19hours
1 - 4
19 - 34hours
5 - 2335 - 66hours
> 23> 66hours
Pickup Time
< 75
< 8mins
75 mins - 5 hours
8 - 14
6 - 16
15 - 23hours
> 16> 23hours
Approve Time
< 10< 15hours
10 - 2215 - 27hours
23 - 41
28 - 45hours
> 41> 45hours
Merge Time
< 2< 7hours
2 - 4
7 - 13
hours
5 - 17
14 - 24
hours
> 17> 14 - 24hours
Review Time
< 3< 12hours
3 - 13
12 - 21hours
14 - 2422 - 37hours
> 24> 37hours
Deploy Time
< 6< 21hours
6 - 9521 - 76hours
96 - 24877 - 163hours
> 248> 163hours
Merge Frequency
> 2.25> 2.25per dev/week
2.25 - 1.35
2.25 - 1.35
per dev/week
1.34 - 0.75
1.34 - 0.75per dev/week
< 0.75< 0.75per dev/week
PR Maturity
> 91%> 91%
91 - 84%91% - 84%
83 - 77%83% - 77%
< 77%< 77%
Cycle Time
< 26< 50hours
26 - 80
50 - 90
hours
81 - 167
91 - 156hours
> 167> 156hours
Deploy Frequency
> 1> 1per service
1 - 0.51 - 0.5per service
0.4 - 0.150.4 - 0.15per service
< 0.15< 0.15per service
Change Failure Rate
< 1%< 1%
1 - 4%
1% - 4%
5 - 23%
5% - 23%
> 23%> 23%
MTTR
< 6< 6hours
6 - 116 - 11hours
12 - 3012 - 30hours
> 30> 30hours
PR Size
< 85< 194code changes
85 - 138194 - 339code changes
139 - 209340 - 661code changes
> 209> 661code changes
Refactor Rate
< 11%< 11%
11 - 16%
11 - 16%
17 - 20%17% - 20%
> 20%> 20%
Rework Rate
< 3%< 3%
3 - 5%3% - 5%
6 - 7%6% - 7%
> 7%
> 7%
Capacity Accuracy
85 - 115%115%
75 - 85% or 115 - 125%
75 - 85% or 115 - 125%
70 - 75% or 125 - 130%
70 - 75% or 125 - 130%
> 70% or > 130%
< 70% or > 130%
Planning Accuracy
> 80%> 80%
80% - 65%
80% - 65%
64% - 45%64% - 45%
< 45%< 45%
Data Sourced From
3,000+
Teams
3.6M
PRs
32
Countries

About The Report

Chart showing Software Engineering Benchmarks by Org Size

2025 Benchmarks Breakdown

This year’s benchmarks include 20 metrics spanning the full SDLC – plus 7 all-new metrics. Discover industry benchmarks for:
  • DevEx: PR Maturity, Merge Time, PR Size, Coding Time, and more
  • DORA: Cycle Time, Deploy Frequency, Mean Time to Restore, and more
  • PM Hygiene: Issues Linked to Parents, In Progress Issues with Assignees, and more
PR Lifecycle Insights Analysis: PR Size is the most significant driver of velocity across the PR lifecycle.

Data Insights from 6.1M+ PRs

Explore how software development has changed over the past year while also gaining strategic insights into the metrics and processes that are driving productivity improvement. This year’s insights focus on:
  • Code Quality
  • DORA Metrics
  • Pull Request Lifecycle
  • Predictable Project Delivery
  • Project Management Hygiene
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Engineering Investment Benchmarks: High-level view into where and how engineering teams are investing their resources.

Investment Benchmarks

With investment metrics, leaders can see what percentage of their team’s time and resources are going toward different initiatives. See investment benchmarks broken down by the following resource allocations:
  • New Value
  • Feature Enhancements
  • Developer Experience
  • Keeping the Lights On

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