Robert Half Salary Guide 2025

High numbers of open positions and a shortage of available skilled professionals point ongoing demand for talent and specialized skills and drive continuous hiring activities in several sectors and businesses on the Belgian labour market. The need for and interest in automation and generative AI is a perfect example of this, as companies indicate a stronger focus on AI-skills amongst their personnel and potential hiring plans for AI-professionals.

Starting salary increases are stabilizing as a result from a more stable inflation in 2024 and companies tend to turn to salary increases on the job to reward and retain their personnel.

As employers closely monitor the economic environment and adjust their hiring strategies, many partner with specialized recruiters to find top candidates for permanent and contract roles.

Permanent jobs Flexible jobs Project-based
management Permanent jobs Flexible jobs Project-based
management

Hottest functional areas in which companies are most likely to hire

Customer Service

IT Service/Support/Operation

Artificial Intelligence/Automation/Machine Learning

Accounting

Hottest technical skills companies are desperate to find

Budgeting and Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Data Analytics

Multilingualism

To improve customer experience or to manage repetitive tasks – artificial intelligence is already finding its way into many industries and businesses. While some companies are still looking for suitable use cases, others have already started with the implementation. Employees are also increasingly utilizing AI support to maximize efficiency and effectiveness throughout their workday.

of employers encourage employees to use or explore usability of Gen AI for routine tasks to enhance productivity of employers encourage employees to use or explore usability of Gen AI for routine tasks to enhance productivity

of employees use Generative AI tools almost every workday of employees use Generative AI tools almost every workday

Salary increases are usually used to reward exceptional employee performances, and this will, together with retention purposes, be the main driver for salaries to rise in 2025. Despite the shortage of skilled employees and many open positions, only 1 in 5 companies will adjust salaries to stay competitive in a tight labour market.

of employers grant salary increases based on individual employee performance goals or for retention of employers grant salary increases based on individual employee performance goals or for retention

of employers agree that physical presence in the office significantly impacts an employee’s likelihood for promotions of employers agree that physical presence in the office significantly impacts an employee’s likelihood for promotions

would change jobs for the right opportunity without a salary increase would change jobs for the right opportunity without a salary increase

are content in their current role are content in their current role

across generations would change jobs right now for an increase of up to 20% across generations would change jobs right now for an increase of up to 20%

Considering economic uncertainties, companies and employees alike are currently cautious but positive when it comes to hiring additional employees or changing jobs. While employees find themselves in a comfortable situation due to the skilled professional shortage and a tight labor market, almost half of them prefer job security over salary.

of employees prioritize job security over salary of employees prioritize job security over salary

of employees prioritize salary over job security of employees prioritize salary over job security

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Non-salary data referenced in this Salary Guide is based on an online survey developed by Robert Half and conducted by an independent research firm. During June and July 2024, Robert Half commissioned research amongst 1.500 respondents using an online data collection methodology. The respondents represent 500 hiring managers from the employer side and 1.000 employees in finance and accounting, IT and administrative, HR and office support. Respondents are drawn from a sample of SMEs to large private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Belgium.

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