Computer Software January 2026
~6.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~450
Organizations
These insights represent ~6.5m questions answered from ~450 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
51%
Europe
24%
Asia
12%
Oceania
8%
MEA
2%
Latin America
2%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
36%
Non-Binary
0.27%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
72% of Computer Software employees are engaged
This is in the top 44% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the bottom 47% compared with other industries.
How does Computer Software compare?
People in Computer Software were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
On the lower side, people in Computer Software had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency, Social Connection, and Growth And Alignment.
People working in Computer Software are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Computer Software are less engaged than Legal Services, Venture Capital & Private Equity, and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Computer Software had 92% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Computer Software were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 21% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Computer Software organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
3%
3 months to 6 months
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
30%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
9%