Construction United Kingdom July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Construction, Building Materials, Civil Engineering
Reported gender breakdown
Male
67%
Female
33%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
66% of Construction United Kingdom employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 38% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 38% compared with the overall average.
How does Construction United Kingdom compare?
People in Construction United Kingdom were much more positive than average regarding Alignment & Involvement.
On the lower side, people in Construction United Kingdom had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Construction United Kingdom are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Construction United Kingdom are less engaged than APAC (500-1000), Medical Devices North America, APAC 1000+, and Finance Oceania.
The highest scoring question for Construction United Kingdom had 87% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (-2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Alignment & Involvement.
People in Construction United Kingdom were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 27% of people disagreeing (+10% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
9%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
26%