Software Engineer DACH January 2026
~70k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~70
Organizations
These insights represent ~70k questions answered from ~70 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, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Consumer Electronics
Reported gender breakdown
Male
83%
Female
16%
Non-Binary
0.28%
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.
61% of Software Engineer DACH employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 26% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -2 and is in the bottom 9% compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer DACH compare?
People in Software Engineer DACH were much more positive than average regarding Teamwork & Ownership, Growth, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer DACH had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Service & Quality Focus, and Social Connection.
People working in Software Engineer DACH are more engaged than Manufacturing Japan, Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, and Computer Software Netherlands. People working in Software Engineer DACH are less engaged than Resources & Utilities Europe, Western Europe > 5000, Malaysia > 5000, and Information Technology & Services (500-1000).
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer DACH had 92% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+5% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer DACH were generally least favourable about Company Performance, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 19% of people disagreeing (+6% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% 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
0.9%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
37%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
10%