Software Engineer Canada July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Internet, Information Technology & Services, Computer & Network Security, Hospital & Health Care, Information Services, Investment Management, Telecommunications, Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Reported gender breakdown
Male
81%
Female
19%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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 Software Engineer Canada employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer Canada compare?
People in Software Engineer Canada were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Leadership, and Learning & Development.
People working in Software Engineer Canada are as engaged as the overall average.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Canada had 98% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+11% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Software Engineer Canada 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 10% of people disagreeing (-4% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 15% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-5% 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
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
35%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
7%