Software Engineer United Kingdom July 2026
~135k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~135k questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
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, Financial Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security, Insurance, Renewables & Environment
Reported gender breakdown
Male
80%
Female
19%
Non-Binary
0.29%
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.
62% of Software Engineer United Kingdom employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 28% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 0 and is in the bottom 11% compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer United Kingdom compare?
People in Software Engineer United Kingdom were much more positive than average regarding Voice, Teamwork & Ownership, and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer United Kingdom had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Readiness.
People working in Software Engineer United Kingdom are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Software Engineer United Kingdom are less engaged than Western Europe (200-500), Ireland 1000+, Resources & Utilities Australia, and Singapore > 5000.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer United Kingdom had 94% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+8% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer United Kingdom were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 17% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 13% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
32%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
8%