New Tech Middle East July 2026
~155k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~70
Organizations
These insights represent ~155k questions answered from ~70 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
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Computer & Network Security, Internet, Computer Games
Reported gender breakdown
Male
66%
Female
34%
Non-Binary
0.01%
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.
74% of New Tech Middle East employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 28 and is in the top 10% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech Middle East compare?
People in New Tech Middle East were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Collaboration & Communication, and Innovation.
On the lower side, people in New Tech Middle East had much lower favorable scores than average in Social Connection.
People working in New Tech Middle East are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in New Tech Middle East are less engaged than Investment Management United States, United Arab Emirates 1000+, Construction & Heavy Industry Asia, and New Tech Asia.
The highest scoring question for New Tech Middle East had 93% 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 Inclusion.
People in New Tech Middle East 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 19% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
19%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
8%
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