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IPMERC Futures

ICT, all roles, Norway.

2026-Q3

Nothing published so far says whether hiring here is getting harder or easier.

Confidence none1 signals1 papers1 sources7 quarters backnewest release 1 September 2026

Below the floor. No direction is shown.

The five readings

Movement is how the measurement shifted between two periods. Level is where it sits against a named benchmark. Plus always means harder to hire.

Frictionmovement -level -0.64weight 0.45

Every signal, with its weight

Source times age times distance gives the weight. A figure borrowed from a wider market still counts, but it never overrules one measured here.

Friction

31% of Norwegian recruiting firms left an ICT vacancy unfilledEurostat, 20241.00 × 0.45 × 1.00 = 0.445

How this cell has moved

Oldest first. A reading that holds quarter after quarter says more than a snapshot does.

Quarters marked reconstructed were scored afterwards, on the figures published about that quarter. They are not what this model said at the time, because it was not running then. Projections take no part in them.

2024-Q4SlackreconstructedC
2025-Q1SlackreconstructedC
2025-Q2SlackreconstructedC
2025-Q3SlackreconstructedC
2025-Q4SlackreconstructedC
2026-Q3Not enough evidence-

Each metric, by quarter

The midline is the benchmark. Above it is tighter than the benchmark. A break in the line is a quarter with no reading, not a zero.

Friction-0.64

What is missing

No published figure touches demand, supply, cost, structure for this market.

The newest figure is 7 quarters back. This reading describes what was known then.

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How this is computed