🇳🇱 Moving to the Netherlands for Work

Resources to help you get started.

Hey there 👋

This is a free edition of The Global Move newsletter.

Continuing my series of country guides, I’ve put together a list of helpful links for those considering a move to the Netherlands.

Here we go:

✅ Destination research

To relocate wisely, start by doing some research.

• Visa options: https://relocate.me/visas/netherlands + this official tool

• Taxes: https://relocate.me/taxes/guide/netherlands

• 30% ruling (a tax benefit): https://www.government.nl/topics/income-tax and ​​https://www.belastingdienst.nl

• Take-home pay calculator: https://relocate.me/taxes/calculator/netherlands or

  https://thetax.nl

• Cost of living: https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/netherlands + Numbeo

• Healthcare + insurance options: https://relocate.me/healthcare/netherlands

• Average salary info: https://relocate.me/salaries/netherlands-average-salary

• Developer salaries in the Netherlands: https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/netherlands and https://techpays.com/europe/netherlands

• Ask questions about the Netherlands: https://www.reddit.com/r/thenetherlands and https://www.reddit.com/r/Netherlands

✅ Job search (companies hiring from outside the Netherlands)

If you’re looking to relocate for a tech job, the Netherlands, like neighboring Germany, has many employers actively hiring international talent.

Here are some companies that currently have open tech roles and say they offer visa sponsorship and/or relocation assistance:

• Picnic – https://jobs.picnic.app/en/vacancies

• Catawiki – https://catawiki.careers/vacancies

• Swisscom – https://sdcrotterdam.swisscom.ch/openpositions

• Stream – https://getstream.io/team/#jobs

• Inverid – https://jobs.inverid.com/?lang=en

• Leaseweb – https://www.leaseweb.com/en/about-us/career/open-positions

• GreenFlux – https://greenflux.recruitee.com

• Adyen – https://careers.adyen.com/vacancies

• Guerrilla – https://www.guerrilla-games.com/join

• Optiver – https://optiver.com/working-at-optiver/career-opportunities

• Speakap – https://jobs.speakap.com

• BlockTech – https://blocktech.recruitee.com

• Coolblue – https://www.careersatcoolblue.com/vacancies

• Kaizo – https://kaizo.recruitee.com

• Ace & Tate – https://careers.aceandtate.com/hq

• WAES – https://wearewaes.com/careers

• DataSnipper – https://careers.datasnipper.com

📌 The IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service of the Netherlands) provides a regularly updated list of employers recognized as visa sponsors on its official website. It’s a great starting point for identifying companies that may be willing to sponsor your visa.

✅ Job search (local job boards)

Here are some local websites to explore opportunities:

• Nationale Vacaturebank (one of the largest national job boards, mostly in Dutch) – https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/zoeken

• Werkzoeken (vacancies across industries, aimed at both local & international job seekers) – https://www.werkzoeken.nl

• IamExpat Jobs (English-speaking jobs for expats) – https://www.iamexpat.nl/career/jobs-netherlands

• Brainport Eindhoven (English-speaking IT jobs in the Eindhoven region) – https://brainporteindhoven.com/int/work/jobs

• Indeed Netherlands (widely used for tech and non-tech jobs) –

  https://nl.indeed.com

• Monsterboard (Dutch version of Monster.com, with a range of openings across sectors) – https://www.monsterboard.nl

✅ VC and startup news

• https://sifted.eu/countries/netherlands

• https://www.eu-startups.com/category/netherland-startups

• https://siliconcanals.com/amsterdam

• https://techfundingnews.com/tag/netherlands

That’s it! If you know of any other helpful Netherlands-related resources worth adding to this list, please share them in the comments.

Best,

Andrew