New Tech Middle East & Africa January 2026
~345k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~345k questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
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, Internet, Computer & Network Security
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.03%
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.
72% of New Tech Middle East and Africa employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 15% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech Middle East and Africa compare?
People in New Tech Middle East & Africa were much more positive than average regarding Collaboration & Communication, Innovation, and Growth.
On the lower side, people in New Tech Middle East & Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity and Social Connection.
People working in New Tech Middle East & Africa are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in New Tech Middle East & Africa are less engaged than Finance Southeast Asia, South America > 5000, Computer Software Southeast Asia, and East Asia (500-1000).
The highest scoring question for New Tech 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 New Tech Middle East & Africa were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 27% of people disagreeing (+8% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% 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
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
34%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
7%