Software Engineer Southeast Asia January 2026
~45k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~35
Organizations
These insights represent ~45k questions answered from ~35 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, Internet, Financial Services, Apparel & Fashion, Computer & Network Security, Gambling & Casinos, Government Administration, Investment Management, Management Consulting
Reported gender breakdown
Male
75%
Female
25%
Non-Binary
0.03%
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.
75% of Software Engineer Southeast Asia employees are engaged
This is in the top 38% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 26 and is in the top 6% compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer Southeast Asia compare?
People in Software Engineer Southeast Asia were much more positive than average regarding Action, Leadership, and Engagement.
People working in Software Engineer Southeast Asia are more engaged than Manufacturing Japan, Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, and Computer Software Netherlands. People working in Software Engineer Southeast Asia are less engaged than New Tech Latin America, Investment Management United States, India, and Computer Software South Asia.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer Southeast Asia had 96% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+9% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Software Engineer Southeast Asia were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I rarely think about looking for a job at another company' with 15% of people disagreeing (-5% 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, 5% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-5% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
34%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
5%