13/05/2022
How did the Norwegian software industry do in Q1?
First things first, the fastest-growing software consultancies of Q1 were Innofactor, Bakken & Bæck and Bspoke. Congratulations!
Erlend Rosseland Stokke, COO, Talented Norway, on IT recruitment business:
💡There's a growing demand for recruitment consulting services because companies need help to succeed in recruitment in the hot market.
💡In comparison to Q4 2021, there was a significant increase in both the amount of active jobseekers and open positions in Q1 2022.
💡The most in-demand roles were Tech Lead, Data Scientist, Software Engineer and the market’s long time favorite, Frontend Developer with Reach skills.
Martine Løkka, Software Development Consulting Team Lead, Witted Norway, on the state of software consulting business:
💡The trend of software professionals switching from employment to freelancing is not showing any signs of slowing down.
💡There is still an imbalance between supply and demand when it comes to software freelancers.
💡The most in-demand technologies of Q1 were React, Azure, Javascript, .Net and Typescript.
💡There was a growing demand for Python and Kubernetes.
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