AI Skill Monitor, October 2026

The monthly update: which AI skills, roles and tools Dutch employers asked for in October 2026, and what changed since the previous measurement.

229,888Dutch job postings measured

2.6%of postings mention AI

Classic data skillsmost requested hard AI skill

Evaluating and testing AIfastest riser vs previous month (+79%)

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%

IT and software28%

Marketing and communications26%

Creative and design24%

Consultancy23%

Accounting and finance9%

Automation Engineer329 +52%

Data Engineer295 +10%

AI Engineer250 +7%

AI Product Owner30 +7%

Data Scientist / Analyst168 +6%

Belgium. 3.7% of Belgian postings mention AI (2,463 of 65,747).

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