Hiring trends in iGaming: how companies are adapting to change

Companies in iGaming continue to aggressively expand teams - but along with increased hiring comes the question of how to do so effectively. To get to the bottom of the problem, SOFTSWISS in association with Pentasia, the industry's leading hiring agency, have prepared a report «iGaming Talent Trends 2026.». Sharing an exclusive snippet of the study.

According to the report, in 2025 84.7% B2B companies and 82.6% B2C companies increased hiring. But hiring alone is not enough. Research by the World Economic Forum shows that to 39% key professional skills may change or become obsolete by 2030, which creates the need to systemic development of competences.

As a result, there is already a growing demand for professionals with deep expertise complemented by related skills - especially at the intersection of technology, security and analytics. These combinations include:

• DevSecOps + Data
• Application Security + Fraud/Risk

Against this backdrop, companies are increasingly investing in skills development within teams: businesses are starting to look at the growth of competences as a full-fledged risk management tool - The team, used to constantly learning, does not panic when new technologies appear.

Read more about how the behaviour of companies and employees is changing in the report «iGaming Talent Trends 2026.». The study will be released next week and will be available for free download on the SOFTSWISS website.

In the meantime, you can register for the webinar «How not to lose specialists: 7 steps for hiring in 2026». Date - 20 March 2026, 13:00-14:00 CET. Registration - LinkedIn Live on the SOFTSWISS page.