Software Engineer Europe January 2026
~355k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~355k questions answered from ~250 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, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising
Reported gender breakdown
Male
83%
Female
17%
Non-Binary
0.26%
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.
66% of Software Engineer Europe employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 20% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 8 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer Europe compare?
People in Software Engineer Europe were much more positive than average regarding Equity, Decision Making, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Leadership, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Software Engineer Europe are less engaged than All Industries (Global).
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Europe had 94% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+7% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer 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 14% of people disagreeing (+1% 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, 12% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
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
8%