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Talent decisions, backed by 15+ years of data

Our talent intelligence division doesn't recruit. It measures salaries, hiring behavior, retention, skills and leadership across the tech and business services market, year after year. Companies use it to decide where to build, what to pay, whether to hire or upskill, and who will lead the next phase.

30,000+tech professionals interviewed
±100,000tech profiles mapped
8+reports a year
18countries in the CEE+ Tech Talent Map

In numbers

How we know

30,000+

tech professionals interviewed

±100,000

tech profiles mapped

~6,000

respondents a year, 95% confidence level

8+

reports a year, UPA-deductible for companies with 50+ employees

Latest report

Read an excerpt from the latest Tech Salary & Employment Behavior Report

What tech professionals in Romania earn, want and do next, from this year's survey of about 6,000 respondents. The excerpt is free; the full report is available on request.

Reports

At least eight reports a year

ReportWhat it coversMethod
Tech Salary & Employment Behavior ReportWhat tech professionals earn, want and do next. Salaries for 20+ roles by seniority and city, bonuses, benefits, recruitment behavior, eNPS, remote work, freelancing.Annual survey of ~6,000 tech professionals.
Tech Talent MapSkill availability and dynamics for 37 roles in 7 Romanian cities: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara, Brașov, Sibiu, Craiova. Number of professionals, graduates and freelancers per role and city, competitor companies and open jobs, salaries, attrition and job-change willingness.Desk research, Brainspotting databases, LinkedIn and the annual survey.
CEE+ Tech Talent MapTech workforce size and growth in 18 countries, over 3.5 million IT professionals: talent distribution by role, gender diversity, talent density, hard-to-fill vacancies and market hotspots.Profiling of 3,000+ tech professionals across CEE+, public labor and education statistics, employer surveys.
Business Services Talent MapRomania's business services sector: 4 functions (finance and accounting, contact centers, ITO, HR), 17 foreign languages, 10 cities. Talent availability by function, city and language, team scalability projections, competitive landscape.Desk research, databases, job sites and profiling of 15,000+ profiles.
Executive Tech Talent MapHow tech leadership roles are structured and compensated in Romania: titles, reporting lines, team size, budget ownership, salary bands by tier, variable pay, benefits, geographic concentration, AI readiness.Online survey of tech leaders plus analysis of 3,000+ public leadership profiles.
Data & AI Talent MapAI and data talent availability, hiring benchmarks, salaries and market intelligence across Romania.Databases, LinkedIn research, annual survey.
The GenZ PlaybookGeneration Z's expectations, behaviors and attitudes at work: values, employer criteria, working preferences, learning priorities, retention and turnover factors, and what employers can do about it.Comprehensive questionnaire and the annual survey.
L&D ReportThe skills of the future, how to start upskilling them, and where Romania's skill gaps sit versus advanced economies such as the US.Survey and desk research.
Scaling UPHow tech leaders see the Romanian market: challenges, opportunities, talent gaps and barriers to scaling.Interviews and survey of tech leaders.
DEI Benchmark ReportDiversity, equity and inclusion metrics benchmarked against industry peers: workforce composition, pay equity, promotion and retention, inclusion, governance, ESG roles.Questionnaire and interviews with 100+ companies.
Competitor Benchmarking and Custom ResearchYou versus the companies you compete with for talent, on skills, salary and employer brand. Or any question above, combined for your case.Built on all of the above.

Use cases

What companies use the data for

Strategic workforce planning

Plan for growth by understanding talent availability and skill trends.

New market entry

Expand with data on location-specific skills and workforce dynamics.

Compensation benchmarking

Stay competitive and retain people with up-to-date salary and benefits data.

Rapid scaling of teams

Identify accessible talent pools before the hiring plan is approved.

Skill gaps and future-proofing

Decide what to recruit and what to upskill.

Mitigating attrition

Use industry retention trends to act before people leave.

Diversity and inclusion

Align talent acquisition with corporate diversity goals, with data.

Leadership and succession planning

Fill key roles with well-prepared leaders, using data on executive talent.

Next step

Ask us a data question. We'll tell you if we already have the answer.

Talk to our research team contact@brainspotting.ro

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In the market since 2001
Bucharest. Europe and Africa.