Insights
Articles and labour market research data.
Want a new colleague in January? Hold the first interviews in October
Professionals prefer to change jobs at the start of the year, and foreign investment is picking up again. Of our…
The future of Java development and its labour market
Java holds its ground better than any major rival while companies build their AI work on it. That makes experienced…
Around 25,000 Java developers, 296 vacancies
The Netherlands has around 25,000 Java developers, against 296 open Java vacancies. By our estimate more than a thousand change…
Around 20,000 IT architects, 637 vacancies
The Netherlands has around 20,000 IT architects, against 637 open vacancies. They stay three years on average, and by our…
A vacancy stays open for more than three months
The average open vacancy stays open for about 3.1 months in 2026, against 2.8 in 2019. The market cooled from…
The real developer market is nine thousand a quarter
The Netherlands has 229,000 software and application developers, but at the national switching rate about 9,000 move per quarter, and…
Four in five employees know they could leave
In 2025, 78.8% of employees say they could easily find a job with another employer, against 53.2% in 2014. Yet…
The vacancy does not reach the core
The Netherlands counts more than 1.2 million job switches a year, but six in ten switchers come from the flexible…
The shortage has a job title
Ask a Dutch employer which vacancy is hardest to fill and the answer, twice as often as any care profession,…
First wider, then the agency
Employers who cannot find staff start with what costs little: more channels, their own network, training people up. Paid help…