Netherlands Market
Salary benchmarks, skill demand & top employers · Q2 2025
Avg DE Salary
€82k
median gross / year
Avg ML Salary
€100k
median gross / year
AI Roles YoY
+34%
job opening growth
Top Hub
AMS
Amsterdam leads NL
Salary Ranges by Role
| Role | Range | Median | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Research Scientist | €85k – €150k | €115k | +14% |
| AI/LLM Engineer | €80k – €140k | €108k | +12% |
| MLOps / Platform Engineer | €80k – €120k | €97k | +11% |
| ML Engineer | €75k – €130k | €100k | +9% |
| Senior Data Engineer | €85k – €125k | €103k | +7% |
| Data Engineer | €60k – €105k | €82k | +6% |
| Data Scientist | €60k – €105k | €80k | +5% |
| Data Analyst | €45k – €80k | €60k | +3% |
Skills in Demand
Python–
96%SQL–
89%LLM/GenAI↑
78%Azure↑
72%Spark–
68%AWS–
63%Kubernetes↑
61%dbt↑
58%Kafka–
54%Airflow–
52%PyTorch↑
48%Terraform↑
46%Snowflake↑
43%LangChain↑
38%Top Employers Hiring
B
28Booking.com
Amsterdam
Travel Tech
A
22ASML
Eindhoven
Semiconductor
A
18Adyen
Amsterdam
Fintech
I
16ING Bank
Amsterdam
Banking
P
14Philips
Amsterdam
Health Tech
b
13bol.com
Utrecht
E-commerce
A
12ABN AMRO
Amsterdam
Banking
T
10TomTom
Amsterdam
Navigation
J
9Just Eat Takeaway
Amsterdam
FoodTech
E
8Elastic
Amsterdam
Data Search
R
7Randstad
Amsterdam
HR Tech
P
7Prosus / OLX
Amsterdam
VC / Tech
* Data based on public job listings and industry reports · Q2 2025