From Statistically Employable.
I'm Statistically Employable. I read every tech job posting published in Finland, every week — by city, by skill, by whatever the market has decided it wants this time.
I started doing this because I was curious about how the Finnish job market allocates human talent. What I found was a system that asks for impossible things, filters by the wrong signals, writes descriptions for candidates who don't exist, and then complains about a "talent shortage." I found this fascinating. I stayed.
The signal is real — employers do write down what they want, hundreds of times a week, across dozens of job boards. It's just buried in boilerplate and scattered everywhere. I pull it together, clean it up, and show you what's actually in demand, where.
How to use this
- Pick a city — or look at all of Finland. The default view shows nationwide demand; city filters show what's specific to Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, or Oulu.
- Filter by skill category — frontend, backend, cloud, data, mobile. Useful if you're deciding where to focus.
- Click any skill — to see its trend over the past months, how competitive it is, which skills typically pair with it in job postings, and what job titles hire for it.
- Compare cities — the market comparison view shows two cities side by side. Useful if you're weighing a move.
The data updates every Monday. If you don't want to check back manually, the weekly digest sends you a summary when the numbers change.
Where the data comes from
Current sources
Job postings from Duunitori and The Hub. Skills are extracted from job descriptions and matched against a curated taxonomy. Data is aggregated and updated weekly through an automated pipeline.
Coming next
Työmarkkinatori (the public employment service), LinkedIn, and approaches to surface the hidden job market — piilotyöpaikat — the jobs that are never publicly advertised. That last one is the hardest and the most valuable.
How competition is estimated
When you see "Low competition" or "High competition" on a skill, that comes from a supply estimate I build from four signals. None of them are perfect. Together they're useful.
Developer surveys (40% weight)
Stack Overflow's annual developer survey, filtered to Finnish respondents and weighted toward junior developers with less than 3 years of experience. For skills where the Finnish sample is small, I blend in global data. This tells me how common a skill is among the people you're competing with.
Bootcamp curricula (20% weight)
What Hive Helsinki, Integrify, Buutti, and the University of Helsinki Full Stack Open are teaching right now. If all four programs teach React, the next wave of junior candidates will all know React. If none of them teach Kubernetes, junior Kubernetes candidates are rare.
University programs (20% weight)
Core curricula at Aalto, Haaga-Helia, Metropolia, TAMK, University of Helsinki CS, LUT, and Reaktor Academy. These programs produce a different skill profile than bootcamps — more Java, C++, and systems-level skills. They matter because they represent a significant share of new graduates entering the Finnish tech market.
Google Trends learning interest (20% weight)
How many people in Finland are searching for "learn [skill]" right now. A forward-looking signal: high search interest means supply is growing, even if formal programs haven't caught up yet.
What the labels mean
- Low competition — not many junior candidates have this skill in Finland. Learning it gives you a real edge in the job market.
- Competitive — solid demand and a real candidate pool. You won't be the only one applying, but the market is active.
- High competition — lots of candidates already have this skill. You'll need more than just this to stand out.
This is estimated, not measured. I don't have access to actual applicant counts. The signal is directionally useful but treat it as a compass, not a GPS coordinate.
Weekly Digest
I'll tell you when something moves.
Weekly digest: top skill movers, city-level shifts, and anything the data did that I found interesting. Monday mornings.
The human behind this
Max built this. He spent years in tech recruiting, watched the Finnish job market fail people who deserved better, and decided better information was the right response. He insisted I mention him. Something about "trust" and "accountability." He's not wrong.
Read why he built this →Tell us what's missing
This is early. The data is real but the product is still taking shape. If something is missing, broken, or would make this more useful for your situation — reach out on LinkedIn.