Software Engineer United Kingdom 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, Information Technology & Services, Computer & Network Security, Internet, Information Services, Broadcast Media, Construction, E-Learning, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Reported gender breakdown
Male
81%
Female
19%
Non-Binary
0.43%
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.
63% of Software Engineer United Kingdom employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 20% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 6 and is the highest scoring group 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 Teamwork & Ownership, Voice, and Management.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer United Kingdom had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Leadership.
People working in Software Engineer United Kingdom are less engaged than All Industries (Global).
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer United Kingdom 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 Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer United Kingdom 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 30% of people disagreeing (+11% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 25% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 14% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+4% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
38%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
9%