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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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Snowflake vs Databricks in 2026: the contract market has already picked sidesFor clients
Talent Market·5 min read

Snowflake vs Databricks in 2026: the contract market has already picked sides

We run searches on both stacks every month across Europe. The rate gap has closed — but the hiring difficulty hasn't.

Data Engineering Team11 Mar 2026
European AI budgets are still growing. What buyers are actually hiring has changed.For clients
Talent Market·6 min read

European AI budgets are still growing. What buyers are actually hiring has changed.

The money hasn't slowed — the roles have shifted. Pure LLM research is out. MLOps, evaluation and AI governance are the scarce hires of 2026.

AI/ML Team18 May 2026
Platform engineering ate DevOps. The contract market noticed before the buyers did.For clients
Talent Market·1 min read

Platform engineering ate DevOps. The contract market noticed before the buyers did.

The job title changed. The rate changed. The shape of the work changed. What European buyers should actually be hiring in 2026 — and what to stop paying for.

Cloud Team15 Jun 2026