New Tech Australia January 2026
~0.9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~0.9m questions answered from ~200 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, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Computer Games
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.26%
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.
69% of New Tech Australia employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 14 and is in the bottom 45% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech Australia compare?
People in New Tech Australia were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Voice, and Company And Leadership.
On the lower side, people in New Tech Australia had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Company Performance, and Social Connection.
People working in New Tech Australia are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in New Tech Australia are less engaged than Professional Services, Africa (1000-5000), Construction & Heavy Industry Southeast Asia, and Hospital & Health Care.
The highest scoring question for New Tech Australia had 93% of people agreeing that We are genuinely supported if they choose to make use of flexible working arrangements (+9% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech Australia were generally least favourable about Equity, 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 18% of people disagreeing (-5% 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 New Tech Australia organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
3 I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results | Action |
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, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+2% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
13%