Eurostat reports that 13.16% of Romanian enterprises employed ICT specialists in 2024. Among enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists, 49.13% reported hard-to-fill vacancies in 2023. ICT specialists represented 2.8% of total employment in 2024. These indicators cover enterprises and employment across the wider economy and should not be read as software-engineering-only data.

For Tech Buyers, Romania offers EU-based nearshore delivery options centred particularly around Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Oradea. A Partner evaluation should test the required capability depth, availability and retention at the intended scale, language and collaboration model, client evidence, information security, data protection, governance and commercial fit. The European Commission’s 2026 Digital Decade assessment identifies Romania as a leader in fixed connectivity and notes progress in semiconductors and AI, while highlighting limited business technology adoption, low basic digital skills and ICT talent-retention challenges.

Current examples among ValueLeap Partners with delivery operations in Romania are Better Quality Assurance, CREATEQ, InterVenture Sourcing, Qualysoft, Qubiz, RINF TECH, SmartTek Solutions and Tech Talent. This named selection is not exhaustive. Additional service providers with delivery operations in Romania can be explored through the Romania selection on TransparencyWins. Results are shown in random order and do not constitute a ranking.