IT work can be stressful, which has always been true. But a new survey says the stress level in IT may be rising. But why?

Are IT managers demanding more? Are users increasingly impatient? Are IT workers expecting a better work-life balance and is that need a generational thing?

The increased stress level of IT work is based on four years of data from GFI Software, which commissioned an independent survey on this topic.

The survey, which started in 2012, just released its 2015 report, and found that of 78% of the IT workers surveyed consider their job stressful. That’s up just 1% from 2014, but in 2013 the figure was 57% and in 2012, 67%.

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