{"id":5162,"date":"2026-06-18T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:04:34","slug":"it-techroller-som-bolag-slas-om-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/it-techroller-som-bolag-slas-om-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The IT and tech roles companies are fighting over in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have been recruiting in tech for more than a decade. And I have never seen a year where the gap between what companies need and what the market can actually deliver is as stark as it is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not about a shortage of people with IT degrees. It is about the roles that genuinely drive growth in 2026, requiring a combination of deep technical expertise, commercial judgment and \u2014 often \u2014 years of experience. That combination is a scarce commodity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you are a growth-stage company with twenty to a hundred employees trying to hire one of these roles? You are competing against Spotify, Klarna and Ericsson. That is the reality we need to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI engineers and ML specialists \u2014 the market's most acute shortage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is no ambiguity about which area dominates in 2026. Stockholm's AI and cloud talent market is defined by a clear capacity gap: demand for senior AI\/ML engineers, MLOps specialists and AI product managers far outstrips supply. (Edstellar<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, a senior AI engineer in Stockholm tends to have several offers on the table simultaneously. Salary levels reflect this. Projected salaries for AI engineers and data scientists in Stockholm sit at SEK 60,000\u201365,000+ per month \u2014 and demand is intense, with eight out of ten employers reporting shortages of ICT and automation talent. (Bestjobsearchapps<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What separates a successful recruitment in this segment is not how quickly you put an offer on the table. It is how clearly you can communicate what the person will actually build \u2014 and why it matters. Capable AI engineers do not just choose a job. They choose a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity specialists \u2014 a role that is no longer optional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Waiting on cybersecurity competence is no longer an option. Stockholm's fintech sector added approximately 1,200 compliance and regulatory technology roles in 2025, driven by requirements linked to DORA implementation \u2014 and demand for DORA specialists and ICT risk managers exceeds supply by three to one. (Edstellar<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it does not stop at fintech. Every company that handles customer data, payments or business-critical systems now needs a structured approach to information security. Chief Information Security Officer, Information Security Manager and Security Analyst are roles being recruited broadly \u2014 and where competent candidates are rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my experience, this is one of the roles where instinct is most misleading. A candidate who presents security thinking well in an interview is not necessarily the one who will actually protect your organization. Personality assessment and structured reference conversations are especially important here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloud architects and DevOps engineers \u2014 the infrastructure nobody sees but everyone needs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Behind every scalable product, there is a cloud and infrastructure strategy. Cloud architects, DevOps engineers and systems developers belong to the roles with the highest and most sustained demand in the Swedish IT market. (Y-Axis<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes these roles additionally complex to recruit is that they require broad experience rather than deep specialization in a single area. A strong DevOps engineer needs to understand infrastructure, automation, security, and release processes \u2014 and be able to communicate clearly with both development teams and the business side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swedish IT job data shows that non-coding-heavy roles such as IT solution architect and IT project manager carry the highest experience requirements of all IT roles \u2014 97 and 92 percent of postings, respectively, require documented experience. These are not roles you fill with a recent graduate and hope for the best. (Medium<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI product managers \u2014 the role most growth companies do not yet have<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is a role I talk about more and more with my clients. An AI product manager \u2014 sometimes called Head of AI Products or AI Product Manager \u2014 is the person who bridges the gap between what the technical team can build and what the business actually needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a hybrid: technical enough to understand what is possible, commercially driven enough to prioritize correctly. And skilled enough in communication to drive an internal agenda in an organization where not everyone is yet convinced of AI's value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role is new enough that requirements profiles are still unclear at most companies. That makes the recruitment harder \u2014 and more important to get right. A wrong hire here does not just cost time. It can delay your AI strategy by one to two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What this means for you as a hiring manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are three things I want you to take from this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F\u00f6rst: dessa roller kr\u00e4ver mer f\u00f6rarbete \u00e4n de flesta. En generisk kravprofil<\/a> och en standardiserad annons r\u00e4cker inte. Du beh\u00f6ver veta exakt vad du s\u00f6ker \u2013 och varf\u00f6r din organisation \u00e4r r\u00e4tt plats f\u00f6r den personen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second: the best candidates choose. That means employer branding, clarity of mission and genuine scope for impact carry at least as much weight as salary. In many cases, more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally: get help with the assessment. Validated personality tools combined with structured interviews and carefully conducted reference conversations provide a foundation that holds \u2014 including for technical roles where you personally cannot evaluate the depth of expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right person in the right technical key role can change your entire growth trajectory. The wrong one costs more than the salary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts, questions, or simply want to talk something through \u2014 feel free to get in touch. I am happy to have an initial conversation with no agenda. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magdalena Hagstr\u00f6m St\u00e5hl
By M Consulting AB

Right person. Right place. Everything changes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Sources:
KiTalent \u2013 Stockholm’s AI and Cloud Talent Scale Gap (april 2026) \u00b7 kitalent.com
KiTalent \u2013 Stockholm Fintech Hiring in 2026: The Generalist Surplus (april 2026) \u00b7 kitalent.com
Alice Labs \u2013 State of AI Sweden 2026 (februari 2026) \u00b7 alicelabs.ai
Edstellar \u2013 10 Most In-Demand Skills in Sweden for 2026 (maj 2026) \u00b7 edstellar.com
Yotru \u2013 Sweden Jobs 2026: Hiring Trends + Salary Guide \u00b7 yotru.com
Medium \/ Job Scope Sweden \u2013 What Sweden’s IT Job Data Reveal (november 2025) \u00b7 medium.com
Agency Partners \u2013 Sweden AI\/ML Market Insights \u00b7 agency-partners.com
SCB (Statistiska centralbyr\u00e5n) \u2013 F\u00f6retagens anv\u00e4ndning av AI, 2025
Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen \u2013 Vakansdatastatistik
TechSverige \u2013 Skills Forecast 2026 (januari 2026)
Egon Zehnder \u2013 Cybersecurity Talent Map, Norden
Alcor \u2013 AI Engineer Salary by Country 2026 \u00b7 alcor.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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