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Jobs in Netherlands in English: 46 % of 1,297 listings
Of the 1,297 open jobs in Netherlands we track, pulled from company career pages and official job feeds and checked against the source every day, 602 have the ad written in English. That is 46 %, which puts Netherlands 9th of the 20 countries in our comparison. 136 listings are junior-friendly, meaning the ad demands no years of experience, and 18 mention visa sponsorship or relocation. The language line runs through the industries: 81 % of sales ads are in English, against 10 % in logistics & transport.
By industry
| Industry | Listings | Ad in English | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail & Hospitality | 229 | 27 %62 | 29 |
| Engineering | 176 | 77 %135 | 10 |
| Operations | 137 | 28 %39 | 14 |
| Sales | 106 | 81 %86 | 17 |
| Data & AI | 74 | 76 %56 | 7 |
| Logistics & Transport | 68 | 10 %7 | 0 |
| Marketing | 47 | 45 %21 | 8 |
| People & HR | 42 | 40 %17 | 8 |
| Skilled Trades | 41 | 32 %13 | 5 |
| Finance | 40 | 68 %27 | 2 |
By city
| City | Listings | Ad in English | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 519 | 84 %438 | 72 |
| Rotterdam | 102 | 15 %15 | 13 |
| Utrecht | 71 | 15 %11 | 8 |
| Amsterdam Schiphol Airport | 51 | 5.9 %3 | 0 |
| Tilburg | 39 | 2.6 %1 | 2 |
| The Hague | 33 | 36 %12 | 5 |
| Eindhoven | 33 | 15 %5 | 4 |
| Amstelveen | 23 | 0 %0 | 6 |
| Almere | 18 | 17 %3 | 0 |
| Delft | 17 | 100 %17 | 4 |
How the numbers are made
Every listing comes straight from the employer's career page or an official job feed, never from another job board. Our pipeline reads the language of the ad text itself, so “ad in English” means the advertisement is written in English, not that the company would accept an English CV. Junior-friendly means we found no demand for years of experience in the ad. A listing that disappears at the source is removed the same day, and the counts above are recomputed every night; the page you are reading shows the state at 9 November 2026. The comparison counts only what we track, and we track some countries more completely than others, so use the shares, not the totals, when comparing countries. How we verify jobs has the details.
Browse the listings behind these numbers: all jobs in Netherlands, retail & hospitality, engineering, operations, or Amsterdam. Read next: Age limit for a work visa in Europe: the one real rule · Minimum wage in Europe 2026: every country, one table · Jobs in Europe for Filipinos without experience: 5 countries.