Polish IT Community Report 2025
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This is the latest edition of the largest and most detailed survey on Polish IT. You'll find information about who works in IT, how they work, how much they earn, and what Technologiess they use. This year, we've added a section on mental health. In total, we’ve prepared 244 charts.

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Mental well-being

Mental well-being by age
Self-assessed mental well-being from 1 to 5, 1 - very bad, 5 - very good
5.4%
1
19.9%
2
30.0%
3
27.1%
4
17.6%
5
3.6%
1
18.8%
2
32.8%
3
30.9%
4
13.9%
5
4.8%
1
17.6%
2
33.1%
3
30.2%
4
14.4%
5
4.9%
1
16.2%
2
35.9%
3
28.7%
4
14.2%
5
4.0%
1
15.5%
2
34.7%
3
30.0%
4
15.8%
5
Mental well-being and specialization
Self-assessed mental well-being from 1 to 5, 1 - very bad, 5 - very good
6.1%
1
14.8%
2
33.5%
3
30.7%
4
15.0%
5
3.4%
1
13.7%
2
35.7%
3
33.8%
4
13.3%
5
2.6%
1
23.4%
2
29.9%
3
26.0%
4
18.2%
5
2.2%
1
16.9%
2
30.3%
3
34.8%
4
15.7%
5
3.9%
1
16.5%
2
29.0%
3
36.4%
4
14.3%
5
3.9%
1
19.9%
2
29.3%
3
28.6%
4
18.3%
5
4.7%
1
18.3%
2
33.5%
3
28.4%
4
15.1%
5
5.3%
1
26.3%
2
39.1%
3
21.8%
4
7.5%
5
3.8%
1
15.4%
2
36.0%
3
30.4%
4
14.3%
5
4.4%
1
20.9%
2
30.8%
3
37.4%
4
6.6%
5
Are you using all your available vacation days? - by age
People who have access to paid leave
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
58.0%
Partially (some leave is not used)
32.0%
Rarely or never
10.0%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
66.4%
Partially (some leave is not used)
30.1%
Rarely or never
3.5%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
65.9%
Partially (some leave is not used)
31.5%
Rarely or never
2.6%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
70.4%
Partially (some leave is not used)
26.3%
Rarely or never
3.3%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
67.1%
Partially (some leave is not used)
30.0%
Rarely or never
2.9%
Do you use all available vacation time? - by role
People who have access to paid leave
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
61.0%
Partially (some leave is not used)
33.8%
Rarely or never
5.2%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
67.3%
Partially (some leave is not used)
30.7%
Rarely or never
2.0%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
69.4%
Partially (some leave is not used)
28.6%
Rarely or never
2.0%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
65.7%
Partially (some leave is not used)
32.9%
Rarely or never
1.4%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
64.6%
Partially (some leave is not used)
31.4%
Rarely or never
4.0%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
65.5%
Partially (some leave is not used)
31.9%
Rarely or never
2.6%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
67.9%
Partially (some leave is not used)
28.0%
Rarely or never
4.1%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
58.8%
Partially (some leave is not used)
37.8%
Rarely or never
3.4%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
67.2%
Partially (some leave is not used)
29.8%
Rarely or never
3.0%
Regularly (full leave entitlement used per year)
74.6%
Partially (some leave is not used)
22.4%
Rarely or never
3.0%
Noticing the symptoms of burnout by age
Yes
28.6%
No
49.2%
I'm not sure
22.2%
Yes
32.8%
No
44.1%
I'm not sure
23.0%
Yes
39.0%
No
38.5%
I'm not sure
22.5%
Yes
40.4%
No
36.8%
I'm not sure
22.8%
Yes
38.3%
No
38.3%
I'm not sure
23.4%
Noticing symptoms of burnout by role
Yes
37.2%
No
38.6%
I'm not sure
24.2%
Yes
31.7%
No
45.6%
I'm not sure
22.6%
Yes
39.2%
No
36.5%
I'm not sure
24.3%
Yes
26.4%
No
40.2%
I'm not sure
33.3%
Yes
37.8%
No
47.6%
I'm not sure
14.7%
Yes
41.0%
No
39.0%
I'm not sure
20.0%
Yes
35.5%
No
40.8%
I'm not sure
23.8%
Yes
42.6%
No
36.4%
I'm not sure
20.9%
Yes
36.6%
No
41.2%
I'm not sure
22.2%
Yes
44.2%
No
32.6%
I'm not sure
23.3%
What most often causes you stress at work? - by age
Responsibility
47.2%
Excess of tasks
35.8%
Deadlines
34.7%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
30.9%
Communication difficulties in the team
23.6%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
23.3%
Difficulties with the client
19.5%
I'm not stressed
3.3%
Other
3.0%
Excess of tasks
46.3%
Responsibility
42.8%
Deadlines
41.2%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
29.6%
Communication difficulties in the team
23.7%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
22.6%
Difficulties with the client
20.0%
Other
2.8%
I'm not stressed
2.5%
Excess of tasks
48.2%
Responsibility
39.4%
Deadlines
37.5%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
33.4%
Communication difficulties in the team
27.8%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
25.6%
Difficulties with the client
17.0%
I'm not stressed
3.3%
Other
2.5%
Excess of tasks
49.0%
Responsibility
35.4%
Deadlines
34.3%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
32.5%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
28.3%
Communication difficulties in the team
26.5%
Difficulties with the client
18.2%
Other
3.6%
I'm not stressed
3.4%
Excess of tasks
49.1%
Responsibility
37.5%
Deadlines
32.0%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
29.5%
Communication difficulties in the team
24.6%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
23.7%
Difficulties with the client
16.5%
Other
4.0%
I'm not stressed
2.5%
What most often causes you stress at work? - by role
Excess of tasks
46.2%
Responsibility
40.1%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
32.3%
Deadlines
26.9%
Communication difficulties in the team
25.4%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
24.2%
Difficulties with the client
21.8%
I'm not stressed
3.7%
Other
3.4%
Excess of tasks
52.2%
Deadlines
35.6%
Responsibility
33.2%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
29.6%
Communication difficulties in the team
29.6%
Difficulties with the client
24.1%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
23.7%
Other
3.2%
I'm not stressed
2.8%
Excess of tasks
54.3%
Responsibility
47.1%
Deadlines
38.6%
Communication difficulties in the team
24.3%
Difficulties with the client
22.9%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
18.6%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
14.3%
I'm not stressed
2.9%
Other
2.9%
Excess of tasks
44.7%
Responsibility
40.0%
Deadlines
31.8%
Communication difficulties in the team
30.6%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
29.4%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
22.4%
Difficulties with the client
20.0%
I'm not stressed
5.9%
Other
3.5%
Excess of tasks
50.2%
Responsibility
39.5%
Deadlines
36.8%
Difficulties with the client
28.3%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
23.3%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
22.9%
Communication difficulties in the team
21.5%
I'm not stressed
4.9%
Other
3.1%
Excess of tasks
53.8%
Responsibility
40.9%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
37.9%
Deadlines
27.9%
Communication difficulties in the team
27.9%
Difficulties with the client
27.6%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
25.9%
Other
4.0%
I'm not stressed
0.7%
Excess of tasks
43.9%
Responsibility
42.1%
Deadlines
42.0%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
32.0%
Communication difficulties in the team
24.8%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
21.5%
Difficulties with the client
14.9%
I'm not stressed
2.9%
Other
2.6%
Excess of tasks
52.8%
Responsibility
41.7%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
38.6%
Difficulties with the client
37.0%
Communication difficulties in the team
25.2%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
22.0%
Deadlines
18.9%
I'm not stressed
3.1%
Other
3.1%
Excess of tasks
48.0%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
39.5%
Deadlines
38.4%
Responsibility
37.4%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
24.9%
Communication difficulties in the team
24.3%
Difficulties with the client
11.2%
Other
3.4%
I'm not stressed
2.7%
Uncertain future, risk of layoffs
43.8%
Excess of tasks
41.6%
Communication difficulties in the team
38.2%
Deadlines
29.2%
Lack of support from supervisors or the supervisor themselves
28.1%
Responsibility
23.6%
Difficulties with the client
22.5%
I'm not stressed
4.5%
Other
2.2%
How do you evaluate the balance between private life and work? - by age
Self-assessed work-life balance from 1 to 5, 1 - very bad, 5 - very good
6.3%
1
16.4%
2
29.9%
3
27.2%
4
20.1%
5
2.9%
1
14.2%
2
30.3%
3
30.3%
4
22.3%
5
2.9%
1
14.1%
2
31.0%
3
30.1%
4
21.9%
5
4.5%
1
15.5%
2
31.4%
3
29.9%
4
18.8%
5
4.2%
1
16.7%
2
35.0%
3
25.8%
4
18.3%
5
How do you assess the balance between private and professional life? - by role
Self-assessed work-life balance from 1 to 5, 1 - very bad, 5 - very good
6.1%
1
19.1%
2
33.0%
3
24.3%
4
17.5%
5
3.4%
1
9.5%
2
32.4%
3
31.3%
4
23.3%
5
2.6%
1
15.6%
2
37.7%
3
24.7%
4
19.5%
5
3.4%
1
10.3%
2
28.7%
3
37.9%
4
19.5%
5
2.6%
1
16.1%
2
32.2%
3
30.9%
4
18.3%
5
4.8%
1
20.0%
2
31.3%
3
25.8%
4
18.1%
5
3.9%
1
15.6%
2
29.8%
3
30.3%
4
20.4%
5
2.3%
1
15.9%
2
37.9%
3
24.2%
4
19.7%
5
2.4%
1
10.5%
2
31.8%
3
30.4%
4
25.0%
5
14.3%
2
34.1%
3
28.6%
4
23.1%
5
Does your employer offer any forms of support for mental health?
I don't know.
11.8%
Yes, I use them
1.2%
yes-but
4.9%
No
82.1%
I don't know.
20.2%
Yes, I use them
4.2%
yes-but
19.7%
No
55.9%
I don't know.
21.8%
Yes, I use them
5.4%
yes-but
36.0%
No
36.9%
I don't know.
22.5%
Yes, I use them
4.0%
yes-but
45.8%
No
27.8%
What is your approach to seeking help for mental health? - by age
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.6%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
23.1%
I am open and have not used it in the past
44.8%
I am open and have used it in the past
28.5%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.6%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
17.0%
I am open and have not used it in the past
44.0%
I am open and have used it in the past
35.5%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.4%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
15.5%
I am open and have not used it in the past
39.4%
I am open and have used it in the past
41.7%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.6%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
21.9%
I am open and have not used it in the past
38.8%
I am open and have used it in the past
35.7%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.4%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
21.4%
I am open and have not used it in the past
38.9%
I am open and have used it in the past
36.2%
What is your approach to seeking help in the area of mental health? - by role
I am not open and I have used it in the past
6.1%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
22.7%
I am open and have not used it in the past
41.7%
I am open and have used it in the past
29.5%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.1%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
11.9%
I am open and have not used it in the past
39.5%
I am open and have used it in the past
45.6%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
1.3%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
18.2%
I am open and have not used it in the past
44.2%
I am open and have used it in the past
36.4%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.4%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
12.4%
I am open and have not used it in the past
49.4%
I am open and have used it in the past
34.8%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
5.2%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
12.6%
I am open and have not used it in the past
40.0%
I am open and have used it in the past
42.2%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.5%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
15.4%
I am open and have not used it in the past
29.6%
I am open and have used it in the past
51.4%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.2%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
21.8%
I am open and have not used it in the past
43.5%
I am open and have used it in the past
31.5%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
2.3%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
16.7%
I am open and have not used it in the past
40.9%
I am open and have used it in the past
40.2%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
3.2%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
15.6%
I am open and have not used it in the past
39.6%
I am open and have used it in the past
41.6%
I am not open and I have used it in the past
1.1%
I am not open and have not used it in the past
9.9%
I am open and have not used it in the past
31.9%
I am open and have used it in the past
57.1%
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