Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom July 2026
~500k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~60
Organizations
These insights represent ~500k questions answered from ~60 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Defense & Space, Research, Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
69%
Female
31%
Non-Binary
0.04%
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 Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 34% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -4 and is in the bottom 7% compared with the overall average.
How does Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom were much more positive than average regarding Growth, Workplace Engagement, and Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom had much lower favorable scores than average in Feedback & Recognition, Action, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Technology, Science, Research 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 Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom are less engaged than Finance Europe, Nurse North America, Computer Software Western Europe, and New Tech Australia.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom had 88% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom were generally least favourable about Feedback & Recognition, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 26% of people disagreeing (+9% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Technology, Science, Research United Kingdom organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
3 At %[Company]% we act on promising new or innovative ideas | Innovation |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 27% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+8% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+2% 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
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
5%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
27%
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