Software Engineer APAC July 2025
~600k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~600k questions answered from ~300 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, Financial Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising, Retail, Telecommunications, Apparel & Fashion
Reported gender breakdown
Male
78%
Female
22%
Non-Binary
0.06%
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.
73% of Software Engineer APAC employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 20 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer APAC compare?
People in Software Engineer APAC were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Decision Making.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer APAC had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in Software Engineer APAC are as engaged as the overall average.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer APAC had 91% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Software Engineer APAC 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 25% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
36%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
7%