Helsinki is Finland's primary employment hub. Across technology, healthcare, finance, and business services, the capital draws the largest concentration of job listings in the country — and offers the most flexible working arrangements of any Finnish city. This page breaks down Helsinki's current job market using data from 963 active listings tagged to Helsinki (city proper) over the last 30 days, updated March 2026. The broader metropolitan area, including Espoo and Vantaa, adds several hundred additional listings.
963
active listings · Helsinki city · last 30 days
€3,155
overall median salary/month
24%
hybrid or remote — highest in Finland

Source: jobcrawls.com · last 30 days · March 2026 · Helsinki city proper only · salary median based on 194 listings that disclosed monthly pay (20% of total)

Where Helsinki Is Hiring

Healthcare leads Helsinki's active listings at 214, with Technology close behind at 192. Together these two fields account for 42% of all active roles in the city. The remaining volume is spread across Construction, Education, Sales, and Customer Service, each with 50–90 active listings.
Top Hiring Fields — Helsinki

Active listings · last 30 days · Helsinki, Finland

Healthcare
214
Technology
192
Construction
85
Education
81
Sales
53
Customer service
51
Human Resources
40
Hospitality
30
Finance
27
Transportation
23
Healthcare narrowly leads Technology in Helsinki. Nationally, Technology is the top hiring field. In Helsinki specifically, Healthcare takes the top spot — driven by the concentration of university hospitals, private clinics, and health-tech companies in the capital. The gap is narrow (214 vs 192), and both fields are significantly more active than any other sector in the city.

Salary Trends in Helsinki

The overall median monthly salary across Helsinki listings that disclose pay is €3,155, based on 194 listings out of 963 total. That means around 80% of Helsinki listings do not include salary information — so this figure reflects only the employers who chose to be transparent, and may not represent the full market. With that caveat noted, it provides a useful baseline. Standout fields at the top end include Technology (€4,350, n=35) and Finance (€4,460, n=8), while Healthcare — the city's largest hiring field — sits at €2,870 across the most reliable sample (n=65).
Standout Salaries by Field — Helsinki

Median monthly salary · disclosed listings only · fields with n≥3 · last 30 days · not representative of full market

Finance
€4,460 (n=8)
Technology
€4,350 (n=35)
Design
€4,180 (n=3)
Human Resources
€3,300 (n=15)
Sales
€3,000 (n=8)
Healthcare
€2,870 (n=65)
Research
€2,800 (n=7)
Education
€2,723 (n=25)
Customer service
€2,400 (n=5)
Technology at €4,350 is the most reliable high-salary signal. Finance shows a higher median (€4,460) but with only 8 listings. Technology's figure is based on 35 listings — a much more reliable sample. For candidates benchmarking a tech offer in Helsinki, €4,350/month is a meaningful reference point. Healthcare's €2,870 is based on the largest sample (n=65) and is the most statistically robust figure on this chart.

Remote & Hybrid Work in Helsinki

Helsinki stands out sharply from the rest of Finland when it comes to flexible working. Hybrid roles account for 23.5% of classified listings — nearly three times the national average of 8.7%. Fully remote roles are rare at just 0.3%, but the overall flexibility rate of 24% makes Helsinki by far the most hybrid-friendly city in the country.
76%
Onsite
730 listings
23.5%
Hybrid — 3× national avg
225 listings
0.3%
Fully remote
3 listings
vs Finland National hybrid rate: 8.7% · Helsinki hybrid rate: 23.5% · Helsinki is the only major Finnish city where hybrid is the norm for knowledge-work roles.
The near-absence of fully remote roles (0.3%) in Helsinki is notable. The city's hybrid dominance reflects a different dynamic from the national remote picture — Helsinki employers have embraced flexibility, but almost entirely in the form of hybrid arrangements rather than full remote. Candidates searching for fully remote roles are better served looking at national listings without a city filter.

Employment Types

Full-time employment accounts for 67% of all Helsinki listings (642 of 963). Part-time roles are more common in Helsinki than in some other Finnish cities at 12%, reflecting the capital's broader service and retail economy alongside its corporate core. Temporary contracts account for a further 9%.
Employment type breakdown
Full-time
67%
Part-time
12%
Temporary
9%
Summer job
5%
Seniority breakdown (classified)
Mid-Level
63% (395)
Senior
12% (75)
Junior
10% (61)
Manager
9% (57)
Intern
6% (36)
Mid-level roles dominate the seniority distribution at 63%, consistent with Helsinki's knowledge-economy profile. Senior roles account for 12% and Junior for 10% — a relatively balanced distribution compared to markets where volume is dominated by entry-level work. Manager-level listings at 9% reflect the capital's concentration of corporate headquarters and regional offices.

What This Means for Your Job Search

  • 1
    Healthcare and Technology are the two markets to know Together they account for 42% of all active Helsinki listings. If your skills touch either field, Helsinki is the most active Finnish market for your search. Both are competitive — but volume gives you more chances to find a good fit.
  • 2
    Hybrid is realistic in Helsinki — but full remote is not With 23.5% of classified roles offering hybrid, flexibility is genuinely available in Helsinki — particularly in Technology, Finance, and HR. However, only 3 listings are fully remote. If you need full remote, Helsinki's local market is not where to look. Consider national listings or international remote roles instead.
  • 3
    The overall median salary is €3,155 — but coverage is limited Only 194 of 963 Helsinki listings (20%) disclosed monthly salary. The €3,155 median reflects only those transparent employers — the remaining 80% of listings give no pay information. Among fields with meaningful sample sizes, Technology (€4,350, n=35) is the most reliable high-salary benchmark and Healthcare (€2,870, n=65) is the most statistically robust figure overall. Finance shows €4,460 but from only 8 listings.
  • 4
    Helsinki proper vs the metro area This data covers listings tagged to "Helsinki, Finland" specifically. Espoo (685 listings) and Vantaa (342 listings) are separate cities in the same metro area and not included here. If commuting distance is acceptable, searching the broader region significantly expands your options — especially for technology and finance roles concentrated in Espoo's tech corridor.
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About the Data

All figures on this page are based on 963 active job listings with primary_location_en = "Helsinki, Finland", covering the last 30 days as of March 2026. Listings are crawled by jobcrawls.com directly from company career pages and Työmarkkinatori. Salary figures are derived from listings where the employer disclosed a salary figure and the salary period was recorded as monthly; the metric shown is the median of the minimum salary field (salary_min) across qualifying listings. Fields with fewer than 3 salary disclosures are excluded from the salary chart. Seniority classifications use jobcrawls.com's normalised role level field; 334 listings (35%) with no seniority classification are excluded from the seniority breakdown. Work arrangement percentages exclude 5 listings with no arrangement classification.