Software Engineer APAC July 2026
~555k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~300
Organizations
These insights represent ~555k questions answered from ~300 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, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Retail, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Reported gender breakdown
Male
77%
Female
23%
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.
74% of Software Engineer APAC employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 21 and is in the top 27% 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 Engagement.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer APAC had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, and Contribution To Broader Purpose.
People working in Software Engineer APAC are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Software Engineer APAC are less engaged than Software Engineer South Asia, Southeast Asia (200-500), Banking North America, and Brazil 1000+.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer APAC had 96% of people agreeing that %[Company]% builds teams that are diverse (+16% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Diversity.
People in Software Engineer APAC 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 23% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 12% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-7% 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
11%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
31%
4 to less than 6 years
18%
6 to less than 10 years
10%
Greater than 10 years
5%