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What employers ask for

Two views on the same question. A one-off analysis of more than 10,000 LinkedIn job postings for the 2026 report, and a monthly count of every Dutch and Belgian job posting in the AI Skill Monitor.

LinkedIn analysis · early 2026

63% of job postings mention an AI skill

Not only in technical vacancies: across the whole sample. And four role families appear that barely existed three years ago.

  • Prompt EngineerTechnical. Presented as past its peak: prompting is folding into every role.
  • AI Product OwnerTechnical and business. Translates AI possibilities into products and processes.
  • AI CoachOrganisational. Helps teams adopt AI in daily work.
  • AI Governance and Ethics OfficerOrganisational. Decides what is allowed, and makes sure it is followed.
Two of the four roles are not technical. Employers are hiring for the governance gap, not only the skills gap.
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AI Skill Monitor · monthly

The live count

Since September 2026 we count AI skills, roles and tools in all live job postings in the Netherlands and Belgium, across ten sectors. Together with our in-depth interviews and yearly survey, this shows what employers ask for and why. Each skill has one fixed English key phrase, so months stay comparable.

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Live · this month

AI skills in Dutch job postings

Postings, October 2026. Base: 229,888 postings.
Classic data skills457 +14%
Building AI agents302 +11%
Data quality and governance233 -6%
Working with LLMs and prompting86 +1%
Process automation with AI82 -10%
AI governance and compliance58 +14%
What this means

From skills to systems

Foundation first

Data literacy remains the most important skill. Without it, advanced AI use cases struggle to deliver value.

Ownership before budget

Name who is accountable for AI capability before deciding what to train.

Measure participation

Track the share of employees with structured AI training. In our 2026 panel that was around 20%.

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Amsterdam Data Academy (2026). AI Skill Monitor, October 2026. insights.amsterdamdataacademy.com

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