Computer Software July 2025
~7m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~500
Organizations
These insights represent ~7m questions answered from ~500 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 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
52%
Europe
23%
Asia
12%
Oceania
9%
MEA
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.19%
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.
70% of Computer Software employees are engaged
This is in the top 45% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the bottom 45% compared with other industries.
How does Computer Software compare?
People in Computer Software were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Feedback & Recognition, and Work Pressure.
On the lower side, people in Computer Software had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency, Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, and Social Connection.
People working in Computer Software are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Computer Software are less engaged than Biotechnology, Accounting, Computer & Network Security, and Investment Management.
The highest scoring question for Computer Software had 91% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+1% 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 my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 22% of people disagreeing (-1% below 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]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+1% 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
32%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
9%