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IPMERC Futures

Software engineering, Finland.

2026-Q3

Nothing published so far says whether hiring here is getting harder or easier.

Confidence none1 signals, 0 measured here1 papers1 sources11 quarters back

Below the floor. No direction is shown.

The five readings

Movement is how the measurement shifted between two periods. Level is where it sits against a named benchmark. Plus always means harder to hire.

Supplymovement -level -0.51weight 0.11

Every signal, with its weight

Source times age times distance gives the weight. A figure borrowed from a wider market still counts, but it never overrules one measured here.

Supply

ICT is 8.3% of Finnish graduates, the highest of the eightEurostat, 2023, borrowed1.00 × 0.28 × 0.40 = 0.112

What is missing

No published figure touches demand, friction, cost, structure for this market.

Nothing here was measured on this market. Every figure is borrowed from a wider region or job family, which is why this cell cannot rise above confidence C.

The newest figure is 11 quarters back. This reading describes what was known then.

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