YTN IT service sector – Finland breathes the code
A new national collective agreement has been negotiated for the IT service sector, which came into effect on April 8, 2025. The agreement (still only in Finnish) applies to the employees of the member companies of the Technology Industry Employers of Finland. Read more
The IT service sector is one of the fastest growing and attractive sectors within Finland’s sector. Almost 60,000 persons work in the field, for example, in the following sectors:
- Software development and consultancy
- Server and database solutions
- Mobile applications
- Game designing and production
- IT hardware and consultancy
- Repair and service of point-of-sale systems
- Virtual and added reality
- Artificial intelligence
The biggest employers in Finland are, among other things, CGI, Tieto, F-Secure, Fujitsu, Rovio, Accenture, Supercell and Digia.
Collective labour agreement
The IT service sector has a national collective labour agreement that applies to those employees who work for a company that is a member of the Technology Industry Employers of Finland. The current collective agreement is valid from April 8, 2025, to November 30, 2027. (However, it can be terminated to end on November 30, 2026, by giving written notice no later than October 31, 2026.) There are also several company-specific collective agreements in the sector.
The Finnish version of the collective agreement 2025-2027 can found here. The translation in English will appear on this page when ready.
Among other things, the following has been agreed on in the collective labour agreement of the IT service sector:
- Minimum wages
- Working hours
- Overtime work
- Sick leave
- Compensation for travelling time
- Paid family leaves
- Standby
- Other remuneration
Even though the collective labour agreement is comprehensive, it still provides quite an extensive possibility to agree on matters locally at a company level.
See YTN IT service sector’s link and material bank in Finnish