Software Engineer South Asia January 2026
~370k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~370k questions answered from ~150 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, 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.
77% of Software Engineer South Asia employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer South Asia compare?
People in Software Engineer South Asia were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Action, and Engagement.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer South Asia had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in Software Engineer South Asia are more engaged than All Industries (Global).
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer South Asia 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 South Asia were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 35% of people disagreeing (+16% 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
13%
6 to less than 10 years
9%
Greater than 10 years
6%