About the Survey — Appendix

The 2026 State of Automotive Software Development Report is based on an anonymous survey conducted between September 17 and December 5, 2025. It targeted automotive professionals from across the globe and received 466 responses. 

To help segment and analyze the survey results, we asked respondents basic demographic questions. 

Experience 

Those that participated in the survey presented a range of professional experience from less than a year to more than 10. We received a balanced sample of respondents in this category. 

Those that participated in the survey are from seven geographical regions, with Asia, Europe/UK, and North America representing the majority of the responses.  

Country (Europe/UK)

Among those respondents who are from the Europe/UK region, the majority of respondents are from Germany (37%) and various “Other” countries (29%).

Country (Asia-Pacific)

Among those respondents who are from the Asia-Pacific region, the majority of respondents are from India (35%), China (27%), and Japan (19%). 

Those that participated in the survey work for companies of all sizes, with a good distribution between enterprise, large, medium, and small organizations being represented in the survey. 

Those that participated in the survey work primarily for Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs, but there were also respondents from Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers. 

To help readers of this report better understand who participated in the survey, we asked the respondents about their area of automotive development, as well as their current roles. It was not surprising to see that “software development/engineering” was the top selection, but there are a large variety of roles, including testing and research and development under the “other” category. 

Share them with us by emailing [email protected] with the subject line “Automotive Software Development 2026.”