Insights · Notes from the desk
Notes from the desk.
What happening in the markets.
See below what we see happening in the market, trends, changes, challenges and what's “next”!
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For clientsThe European data contract market just woke up. Here's what changed.
After a long winter, senior data and platform contracting is back — quietly, unevenly, and at rates most buyers haven't caught up to yet.
For clients393,000 short and NIS2 live: European cyber is the tightest contract market of 2026
The workforce gap widened again, DORA is enforceable, and boards have stopped treating cyber as an IT line item. What that means for rates and time-to-hire.
For clientsThe 2027 SAP cliff is real. The contract market is already pricing the panic.
Mainstream ECC support ends in 2027. Most European enterprises are behind. The buyers moving now are ring-fencing capacity — everyone else pays for it later.
For clientsFinOps became the six-figure specialism nobody was planning to hire
The State of FinOps 2026 report is unambiguous: cloud cost is now an executive conversation. What that means for European contract rates, and who's actually landing them.
For clientsEuropean cloud contract rates in 2026: the premium quietly widened
YunoJuno, IT Jobs Watch and our own pipeline all point the same way — cloud, AI and product skills are pulling further away from the median. The gap map.
For clients2 August 2026: the EU AI Act deadline European buyers keep underestimating
GPAI obligations enforce this August. Fines reach €35m or 7% of global turnover. Here's what actually needs to be in place — and what the contract market is charging to put it there.