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RSE International Survey 2022

Previous employment

  1. Questions in this section
  2. Australia
  3. Canada
  4. Germany
  5. Netherlands
  6. New Zealand
  7. South Africa
  8. United Kingdom
  9. United States
  10. World

Several questions were about the participants’ previous job. The idea is to collect insights of their career path and understand what their motivations are to be an RSE.

We also asked the participants to rank the reasons why they chose their actual position among 8 different ones:

  • Desire to work in a research environment
  • Freedom to choose own working practices
  • Desire to advance research
  • I want to learn new skills
  • Opportunity to develop software
  • Flexible working hours
  • Ability to work across disciplines
  • Opportunity for career advancement
  • The salary

Questions in this section

  • Where was your previous job based? (single choice)
  • Rank the following factors dependent on how strongly they influenced your decision to accept your current position (for clarity, displayed as a single bar chart of participants’ top ranking answer)

Australia

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for Australia Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 15 48.39 58.51 -10.12
Private company 7 22.58 22.34 0.24
This is my first job 4 12.9 nan nan
National laboratory 3 9.68 5.32 4.36
Government 1 3.23 9.57 -6.35
NGO 1 3.23 nan nan

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for Australia Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Desire to work in a research environment 9 29.03 28.57 0.46
Desire to advance research 8 25.81 15.31 10.5
Freedom to choose own working practices 6 19.35 17.35 2.01
The salary 4 12.9 1.02 11.88
I want to learn new skills 3 9.68 7.14 2.53
Opportunity to develop software 1 3.23 12.24 -9.02

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Canada

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for Canada Count Percentage
University 5 50
Private company 2 20
National laboratory 2 20
This is my first job 1 10

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

No data found in survey.

Germany

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for Germany Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 105 47.95 46.01 1.94
Private company 33 15.07 nan nan
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 29 13.24 9.9 3.34
Other 25 11.42 12.78 -1.36
Max Planck Society 14 6.39 2.88 3.52
University of Applied Sciences 4 1.83 1.6 0.23
Leibniz Association 4 1.83 3.51 -1.69
Government 3 1.37 1.6 -0.23
Fraunhofer Society 2 0.91 3.19 -2.28

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for Germany Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Freedom to choose own working practices 55 23.81 23.91 -0.1
Desire to work in a research environment 54 23.38 24.22 -0.85
Desire to advance research 43 18.61 16.46 2.16
Opportunity to develop software 21 9.09 8.39 0.71
Ability to work across disciplines 18 7.79 3.42 4.38
I want to learn new skills 17 7.36 12.73 -5.37
Opportunity for career advancement 13 5.63 4.66 0.97
Flexible working hours 7 3.03 3.42 -0.39
The salary 3 1.3 2.8 -1.5

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Netherlands

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for Netherlands Count Percentage
University 31 49.21
Private company 14 22.22
This is my first job 7 11.11
National laboratory 4 6.35
Non-profit organization 3 4.76
Government 2 3.17
NGO 1 1.59
Other 1 1.59

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

No data found in survey.

New Zealand

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for New Zealand Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 12 48 40 8
Government 5 20 14.29 5.71
Non-profit organization 4 16 11.43 4.57
Private company 3 12 22.86 -10.86
This is my first job 1 4 nan nan

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for New Zealand Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Desire to advance research 5 19.23 13.89 5.34
Desire to work in a research environment 4 15.38 22.22 -6.84
The salary 3 11.54 8.33 3.21
Flexible working hours 3 11.54 2.78 8.76
Opportunity to develop software 3 11.54 13.89 -2.35
Freedom to choose own working practices 3 11.54 22.22 -10.68
I want to learn new skills 3 11.54 5.56 5.98
Ability to work across disciplines 1 3.85 5.56 -1.71
Opportunity for career advancement 1 3.85 5.56 -1.71

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South Africa

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for South Africa Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 2 100 61.9 38.1

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for South Africa Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
I want to learn new skills 2 100 13.04 86.96

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United Kingdom

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for United Kingdom Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 96 60 64.79 -4.79
Private company 29 18.12 20.19 -2.06
This is my first job 12 7.5 nan nan
National laboratory 8 5 4.23 0.77
Non-profit organization 7 4.38 1.88 2.5
Government 5 3.12 2.82 0.31
Other 3 1.88 6.1 -4.23

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for United Kingdom Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Desire to work in a research environment 40 24.69 25.55 -0.86
Opportunity to develop software 34 20.99 16.3 4.69
Desire to advance research 26 16.05 22.47 -6.42
Freedom to choose own working practices 21 12.96 8.81 4.15
Flexible working hours 12 7.41 5.29 2.12
Opportunity for career advancement 11 6.79 8.81 -2.02
I want to learn new skills 11 6.79 7.49 -0.7
Ability to work across disciplines 5 3.09 2.64 0.44
The salary 2 1.23 2.64 -1.41

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United States

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for United States Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 68 45.64 53.9 -8.26
Private company 51 34.23 28.37 5.86
Non-profit organization 9 6.04 4.26 1.78
This is my first job 7 4.7 nan nan
National laboratory 7 4.7 5.67 -0.98
Government 5 3.36 2.84 0.52
NGO 2 1.34 nan nan

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for United States Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Desire to work in a research environment 44 29.53 27.78 1.75
Desire to advance research 24 16.11 22.92 -6.81
Opportunity to develop software 24 16.11 12.5 3.61
Freedom to choose own working practices 18 12.08 7.64 4.44
Opportunity for career advancement 15 10.07 7.64 2.43
Ability to work across disciplines 8 5.37 1.39 3.98
The salary 7 4.7 8.33 -3.64
I want to learn new skills 6 4.03 9.03 -5
Flexible working hours 3 2.01 2.78 -0.76

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World

Where the previous job was based

Where the previous job was based for World Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
University 450 50.45 53.58 -3.13
Private company 182 20.4 14.32 6.08
National laboratory 53 5.94 3.81 2.13
This is my first job 45 5.04 nan nan
Government 43 4.82 3.81 1.01
Other 35 3.92 7.74 -3.81
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 29 3.25 3.58 -0.33
Non-profit organization 27 3.03 2.31 0.72
Max Planck Society 14 1.57 1.04 0.53
NGO 4 0.45 0.12 0.33
University of Applied Sciences 4 0.45 0.58 -0.13
Leibniz Association 4 0.45 1.27 -0.82
Fraunhofer Society 2 0.22 1.15 -0.93

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What were the reasons to choose the current job

Top reason to choose current job for World Count Percentage Percentage in 2018 Difference with previous year
Desire to work in a research environment 208 24.73 25.22 -0.49
Desire to advance research 156 18.55 19 -0.45
Freedom to choose own working practices 154 18.31 16.89 1.42
Opportunity to develop software 110 13.08 11.44 1.64
Opportunity for career advancement 54 6.42 6.56 -0.13
I want to learn new skills 54 6.42 9.56 -3.13
Ability to work across disciplines 45 5.35 3.11 2.24
Flexible working hours 36 4.28 4.33 -0.05
The salary 24 2.85 3.89 -1.04

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