Software Engineer Central Europe January 2026
~70k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~60
Organizations
These insights represent ~70k questions answered from ~60 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, Internet, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Computer & Network Security, Computer Games, Consumer Electronics
Reported gender breakdown
Male
83%
Female
17%
Non-Binary
0.16%
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.
68% of Software Engineer Central Europe employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 7 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer Central Europe compare?
People in Software Engineer Central Europe were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Innovation, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer Central Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Company Performance, and Social Connection.
People working in Software Engineer Central Europe are as engaged as the overall average.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Central Europe had 95% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+8% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer Central Europe were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 14% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
41%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
5%