Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job advertisements, by NUTS 2 region - experimental statistics by country
Countries reporting
40
Highest
15.2%
Malta
Lowest
1.7%
Guadeloupe
Median
7.3%
Years covered
8
2019–2026
Data points
2,541
What the numbers show
Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job advertisements, by NUTS 2 region - experimental statistics is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 15.2% in Malta; the lowest is 1.7% in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.3%, and the mean is 7.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 92.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 71.1%).
Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 15.2% | 2026 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 2 | Portugal | 13.5% | 2026 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 3 | Cyprus | 13.0% | 2026 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 12.5% | 2026 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 5 | Slovakia | 11.9% | 2026 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 6 | Italy | 11.3% | 2026 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 7 | Austria | 11.2% | 2026 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 8 | Slovakia | 11.1% | 2026 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 9 | Spain | 10.7% | 2026 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 10.6% | 2026 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 11 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.4% | 2026 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 10.1% | 2026 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 13 | Lithuania | 9.7% | 2026 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 14 | Lithuania | 9.0% | 2026 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 8.3% | 2026 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 16 | Greece | 7.9% | 2026 | up 92.7% | falling |
| 17 | Ireland | 7.6% | 2026 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 18 | Estonia | 7.5% | 2026 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 18 | Hungary | 7.5% | 2026 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 20 | Estonia | 7.3% | 2026 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2026 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 22 | Sweden | 7.1% | 2026 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 23 | Latvia | 7.0% | 2026 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 24 | Czechia | 6.0% | 2026 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands | 5.8% | 2026 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 25 | Poland | 5.8% | 2026 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 27 | Netherlands | 5.7% | 2026 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 28 | Belgium | 5.0% | 2026 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 29 | Poland | 4.7% | 2026 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 4.3% | 2026 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 4.0% | 2026 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 32 | Slovenia | 3.8% | 2026 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 3.7% | 2026 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 34 | France | 3.6% | 2026 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 34 | Croatia | 3.6% | 2026 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 36 | Finland | 3.2% | 2026 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 3.1% | 2026 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 38 | Mayotte | 2.7% | 2026 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 39 | Martinique | 2.1% | 2026 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 40 | Guadeloupe | 1.7% | 2026 | down 22.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Ciudad de Ceuta 18.6%
- Comunidad de Madrid 17.8%
- Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (NUTS 2021) 17.6%
- Wien 17.4%
- Lazio 16.8%
- West Central Scotland (NUTS 2021) 15.5%
- Oberbayern 14.7%
- Mittelfranken 14.7%
- Karlsruhe 14.1%
- Stuttgart 13.6%
- Bremen 13.5%
- Schwaben 13.3%
- Campania 13.3%
- Východné Slovensko 13.3%
- Hamburg 13.1%
- Kýpros 13.1%
- Tübingen 13.1%
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (NUTS 2021) 13.1%
- Puglia 12.8%
- Köln 12.7%
- Norte 12.7%
- Piemonte 12.5%
- Lombardia 12.2%
- Greater Manchester (NUTS 2021) 12.1%
- Leipzig 12.0%
- Unterfranken 11.9%
- Hannover 11.9%
- Berlin 11.8%
- Sostinės regionas 11.6%
- Detmold 11.5%
- Liguria 11.4%
- Darmstadt 11.3%
- Saarland 11.3%
- Comunidad Foral de Navarra 11.3%
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight (NUTS 2021) 11.2%
- Düsseldorf 11.1%
- Dresden 11.0%
- Niederbayern 10.9%
- Oberpfalz 10.9%
- West Midlands (NUTS 2021) 10.8%