Working as a software developer in the Netherlands
What official sources say about working as a software developer in the Netherlands: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In the Netherlands, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Software developer is not a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: No profession-wide foreign-professional recognition application is required for the title where the Dutch RegProf catalogue does not list it. Optional IDW diploma valuation compares an academic credential but is not a practice licence. In the Netherlands, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Recognition route
- No profession-wide foreign-professional recognition application is required for the title where the Dutch RegProf catalogue does not list it. Optional IDW diploma valuation compares an academic credential but is not a practice licence.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in the Netherlands: ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of software developers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Software developer is not a regulated profession in the Netherlands.
- Recognition route
- No profession-wide foreign-professional recognition application is required for the title where the Dutch RegProf catalogue does not list it. Optional IDW diploma valuation compares an academic credential but is not a practice licence.
- Recognition authority
- No profession-specific recognition authority applies to the broad title when it is not listed as regulated; an optional academic credential evaluation can be requested through IDW/Nuffic/SBB.
- Language requirement
- No professional-recognition language threshold applies to this broad title where the Dutch catalogue does not list it; employer language and language rules for particular reserved activities are separate.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for software developer in Netherlands: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Software developer in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5e1539e30e1d4536f3c8db18d4693c6d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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