Consulting & Staffing Western Europe January 2026
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
Management Consulting, Staffing & Recruiting, Human Resources, Information Services, Architecture & Planning, Market Research, Professional Training & Coaching, Accounting
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
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.
60% of Consulting and Staffing Western Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 34% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -8 and is in the bottom 3% compared with the overall average.
How does Consulting and Staffing Western Europe compare?
On the lower side, people in Consulting & Staffing Western Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Company Performance.
People working in Consulting & Staffing Western Europe are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, and Manufacturing Japan. People working in Consulting & Staffing Western Europe are less engaged than United Kingdom (200-500), Government (1000-5000), Europe (500-1000), and Western Europe 1000+.
The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing Western Europe had 91% of people agreeing that We have enough autonomy to perform our jobs effectively (+8% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Consulting & Staffing Western Europe were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 25% of people disagreeing (+11% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 26% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+6% 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
0.59%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
21%
Greater than 10 years
17%