Dutch Tech Startup Employment Report 2023

We are excited to announce that our Dutch Tech Startup Employment Report 2023 is out and ready for you to read! This report created in collaboration with Dealroom.co, CBRE and Ravio showcases how and why tech startups play a vital role in the Dutch Economy and how the Dutch startup employment landscape has changed throughout 2023.

Here are 4 key takeaways we found in the report:

Dutch VC-backed startups support 151K jobs, with more growth potential.
Tech roles remain the hardest-to-fill positions, with 91 open vacancies for every 1000 professionals in Engineering.
Gender pay gap remains a real issue, with a 23% unadjusted pay gap in Tech startup sector & female founders are still underrepresented.
Foreign talent is contributing significantly to our ecosystem, with Over a 100 Dutch startups founded by foreign postgraduate alumni.

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Youngest companies show the highest growth. Older companies are slowing down.

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Startups in the Netherlands are hiring more dev roles than other countries.

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Overall unadjusted gender pay gap is 23% in the Netherlands.

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Techleap is a non-profit organisation, funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, helping to quantify and accelerate the tech-ecosystem of the Netherlands. Constantijn van Oranje is Special Envoy of Techleap.