Abstract: This paper is oriented towards investigating the changes in Romanian job market, more specifically focusing on examining the employees’ skills in computers and information technology sector. Initially, 12 representative competences (Cognitive skills, Basic technical skills, Advanced technical skills, Software development, Cloud computing, Databases, Data analysis, Machine Learning & Deep Learning, Cybersecurity, Programming engineering, Soft skills, and Personal skills) were selected, and then a Google Forms�based online questionnaire was created and distributed for assessing the respondents’ skills with respect to the mentioned categories, involving a Likert scale with 5 points. The case study covers the period between November and December 2024 and consists of 154 valid responses from individuals that are either working or looking for a job in the field of computers and information technology. A grey clustering approach was then used for splitting the respondents into multiple categories, considering their core capabilities. Moreover, the actors in the job market were further described based on the information collected from various sources, and a series of hypotheses were made. Finally, a context-specific ABM framework is proposed, including the agent’s types, characteristics, and even possible interconnections, while the use of NetLogo software offers an interface which exposes the identified attributes of the agents under consideration. The insights uncovered in this paper represent essential data for the job market sector, highlighting the most common employees’ skills, underdeveloped competences, along with the current employers’ distribution and key categories of learning suppliers. This information can assist in further expanding the domain and better comprehending how the technology’s evolution influences this area.

Key words: Job market, Grey clustering, Agent-based modelling, Grey systems theory