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MARCH 2026

ed.ac.uk Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the ed.ac.uk engineering team.

See how AI-active teams rank this week on the Exceeds Leaderboards.

The ed.ac.uk engineering team reports 87.9% AI adoption, 1.21× productivity lift, and 20.0% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

HIGH

87.9%

AI assistance is present in 87.9% of recent commits for ed.ac.uk.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.21×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 21% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.0%

Review insights show 20.0% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the ed.ac.uk team performing with AI?

The ed.ac.uk engineering team reports 87.9% AI adoption, translating into 1.21× productivity lift while sustaining 20.0% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

ed.ac.uk is at 87.9%. This is 44.3pp above the community median (43.7%)..

87.9%

↑44.3pp above43.7% Community Median

Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

ed.ac.uk operates at 1.21×. This is 0.08× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.21×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

ed.ac.uk holds AI-assisted quality at 20.0%. This is 3.2pp below the community median (23.2%)..

20.0%

↓3.2pp below23.2% Community Median

Add structured AI code review rubrics and require human sign-off for critical surfaces.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—89.9% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

89.9%

Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

ed.ac.uk has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PR

prefeitura.rio

(87.4%)

NA

naduni.local

(87.4%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

DR

draad.nl

(-82634.9%)

IN

inria.fr

(-2424.6%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

EF

Edmund Farrow

Commits208
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.44x
Code Quality20.0%
HA

hayden-MB

Commits67
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.25x
Code Quality20.0%
AA

Aybuke Atalay

Commits49
AI Usage32.0%
Productivity Lift1.18x
Code Quality20.0%
CS

Chris Sangwin

Commits433
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.13x
Code Quality20.0%
LL

L Lakshmanan

Commits2
AI Usage46.0%
Productivity Lift1.13x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

15

DylanCavers

Hyp-ed/hyped-2025

dhschall

gem5/gem5

hayden-MB

maths/moodle-qtype_stack

Unknown contributor

maths/moodle-qtype_stack

leanprover-community/mathlib4

kshxtij

Hyp-ed/hyped-2025

loisbaker

CliMA/Oceananigans.jl

Activity

447 Commits

Your Network

19 People
bacam
Member
sangwinc
Member
slindley
Member
aybukeatalay
Member
dhschall
Member
EJMFarrow
Member
gabrielrodcanal
Member
hayden-MB
Member
jrmaddison
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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