2025 DataAware™ Pulse Survey

Learn about the latest trends, best practices, and priorities of data teams.

Understand the Current State of Data Engineering

Dive into the DataAware Pulse Survey — an exploration into leading data teams’ sentiment, trends, and best practices.

By understanding this data, you can:

Learn how to build a business case for automation with executives in your organization.
Position projects according to the priorities of your team.
Skillfully chart out your roadmap for the upcoming year.

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What did we learn?

With a five-year history, our benchmark survey reveals insights into many aspects of the modern data team. Discover the key highlights from data in this year’s report below.

Finding 1

Data teams are more productive than ever, but still struggling to keep up with demand.

Finding 2

The leading cause of productivity loss? 

Maintaining existing systems.

Finding 3

Automation is a critical priority, but data teams need support to achieve it.

Finding 4

Generative AI adoption has soared, boosting productivity and driving business impact. But some key groups are still missing out.

Finding 5

Data leaders are poised to help their teams adopt AI.

Finding 6

Data quality is a major pain  point for teams.

Finding 7

Many data practitioners struggle to get access to the data & systems they need to effectively do their work.

Finding 8

Data mesh & data  fabric are still a hot commodity.

2025 DataAware™ Pulse Survey​