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Software Engineer Eastern Europe January 2026

  • ~55k

    Questions answered
    over 12 months

  • ~55

    Organizations

These insights represent ~55k questions answered from ~55 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, Financial Services, Internet, Gambling & Casinos, Computer Games, Marketing & Advertising

Reported gender breakdown

  • Male

    79%

  • Female

    21%

  • 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.

70% of Software Engineer Eastern Europe employees are engaged

This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.


The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the bottom 41% compared with the overall average.

How does Software Engineer Eastern Europe compare?

People in Software Engineer Eastern Europe were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Collaboration & Communication, and Growth.


On the lower side, people in Software Engineer Eastern Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Equity, and Company Performance.

The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Eastern Europe had 93% of people agreeing that We are genuinely supported if they choose to make use of flexible working arrangements (+9% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.


People in Software Engineer Eastern Europe 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 11% of people disagreeing (-3% 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

    3%

  • 6 months to less than 1 year

    9%

  • 1 to less than 2 years

    19%

  • 2 to less than 4 years

    32%

  • 4 to less than 6 years

    17%

  • 6 to less than 10 years

    13%

  • Greater than 10 years

    6%

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