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Europe English-Talent Shortage Index

The Index combines country job inventory, official shortage signals, employer friction, and international graduate supply into one annual narrative.

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Headline numbers

The current headline anchors are 80,000+ launch inventory jobs, 163 German bottleneck occupations, and 420,000 projected international students and doctoral candidates in Germany.[1][2][8]

Country rankings

LabelValueNote
Germany22,032Tier 1
Spain11,191Tier 1
Netherlands8,137Tier 1
France7,594Tier 1
Switzerland4,264Tier 1

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Country rankings

Germany leads the Tier 1 launch set with 22,032 English jobs, followed by Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland.[1]

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Sector breakdown

The sourced shortage fields include engineering, IT, science, healthcare, transport, and skilled trades. Sector-level live job tables should be refreshed from the public index before publication outreach.[2][9]

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Year-over-year change

Year-over-year change is intentionally deferred until the jobs index has a comparable historical baseline.[1]

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Methodology

The Index uses official labor-market sources for shortage and migration context, and english-jobs.com inventory for English-language job supply.[1][2][3]

FAQ

Questions this page should answer

What is the English-talent shortage in Europe?

It is the gap between employers that can use English-speaking international talent and candidates who cannot see which roles are realistic for their language, visa, salary, and location constraints.

How does english-jobs.com count English-language jobs?

The launch count comes from the internal country-scope inventory and public job index. Research pages cite the source memo and link back to the live jobs routes where current inventory can be inspected.

Is this immigration advice?

No. Visa sections link to official government sources and explain what candidates scan for. Individual eligibility depends on the competent authority and often on the specific employment contract.

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Sources

  1. [1] english-jobs.com launch scope memo. "Scope & Countries." Internal launch documentation. May 4, 2026.
  2. [2] Federal Employment Agency. "Qualified skilled workers urgently required - shortages in 163 occupations." Bundesagentur fur Arbeit. May 28, 2025.
  3. [3] ifo Institute. "Randstad ifo HR Survey Q2 2025." ifo Institute. July 14, 2025.
  4. [7] DAAD. "DAAD promotes the recruitment and qualification of international talents." DAAD press release. March 5, 2024.
  5. [8] DAAD. "Number of international students well over 400,000." DAAD press release. December 19, 2025.
  6. [9] DAAD. "Campus Initiative for International Talents." DAAD information service. 2026.