Financial Services Middle East & Africa July 2026
~105k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~105k questions answered from ~35 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services
Reported gender breakdown
Male
56%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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.
71% of Financial Services Middle East and Africa employees are engaged
This is in the top 42% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 29% compared with the overall average.
How does Financial Services Middle East and Africa compare?
People in Financial Services Middle East & Africa were much more positive than average regarding Action, Enablement, and Company Performance.
On the lower side, people in Financial Services Middle East & Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Service & Quality Focus and Work & Life Blend.
People working in Financial Services Middle East & Africa are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Financial Services Middle East & Africa are less engaged than Banking (200-500), Asia (0-100), Investment Management, and Asia (1000-5000).
The highest scoring question for Financial Services Middle East & Africa had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Financial Services Middle East & Africa 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 27% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
0.85%
3 months to 6 months
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
35%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
12%
Solutions
Navigate change and drive a high-performance culture with Culture Amp’s financial services solutions
Explore solutions