Software Engineer Middle East & Africa 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, Financial Services, Computer & Network Security, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Information Technology & Services, Gambling & Casinos, Hospital & Health Care, Computer Games, Insurance
Reported gender breakdown
Male
80%
Female
20%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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.
71% of Software Engineer Middle East and Africa employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer Middle East and Africa compare?
People in Software Engineer Middle East & Africa were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Innovation, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer Middle East & Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Leadership, and Company Performance.
People working in Software Engineer Middle East & Africa are as engaged as the overall average.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Middle East & Africa had 89% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Software Engineer Middle East & Africa were generally least favourable about Action, 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 25% of people disagreeing (+2% above 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, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
0.98%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
35%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
8%