"More than 1,000 developers responded to this year's survey about jobs and 79 per cent are at least considering new opportunities if not actively looking."

New tech talent and late-career developers are more likely to be looking. New developers have increasingly switched jobs compared to early- and mid-career developers in the last three years.

Interest in looking for a new job drops as developers get older for new to mid-career (44 and younger) respondents (86 per cent to 74 per cent), but picks back up for those 55 to 64 (88 per cent).

Late-career developers acknowledge curiosity about other companies as their second top reason to look for a new job this year behind "better salary," which all age groups rank as their top reason.

Curiosity grew in importance for late-career developers since last year more than all other age groups and is more important to this group than reasons other groups ranked higher such as working with new technology and growth opportunities.

The report said that developers may feel less enthusiastic about learning opportunities now that AI tools are rapidly developing to help many be more productive in their jobs (30 per cent say this is a top benefit).