Software Engineer India 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, Information Technology & Services, Marketing & Advertising, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Financial Services, Information Services, Telecommunications
Reported gender breakdown
Male
78%
Female
22%
Non-Binary
0%
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.
78% of Software Engineer India employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 25 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer India compare?
People in Software Engineer India were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Action, and Engagement.
People working in Software Engineer India are more engaged than All Industries (Global).
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer India had 93% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Software Engineer India were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 29% of people disagreeing (+6% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 12% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-8% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
20%
2 to less than 4 years
37%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
9%
Greater than 10 years
6%