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EU HR & Recruiting Tech

Hiring is the pain point: 57.5% of EU enterprises that recruited ICT specialists in 2024 had hard-to-fill vacancies (Eurostat), while euro area unemployment was 6.4% in July 2026 and pay per employee grew 3.6% in Q1 2026 (ECB).

20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
Euro area compensation per employee, nominal wage growth3.6percentEU2026-Q1T1ecb.europa.eu
Unemployment rate expected 12 months ahead by bottom income quintile households13.4percentEU2026-08T1ecb.europa.eu
Euro area unemployment rate6.4percentEU2026-07T1ecb.europa.eu
Users of DWP Work Hub 'Build a CV' tool since June 2026 launch20000peopleGB2026-06/2026-09T1gov.uk
Users of DWP Work Hub AI Work Assistant since June 2026 launch16000peopleGB2026-06/2026-09T1gov.uk
Share returning to work within a year after becoming inactive for health reasons, UK3.8percentUK2026T1gov.uk
Cost of health-related economic inactivity as a share of GDP, UK7percentUK2026T1gov.uk
Probability of returning to work after four to six weeks of sickness absence, United Kingdom96percentGB2026T1gov.uk
Working-age people economically inactive because of ill health or disability, UK2.8million peopleUK2026T1gov.uk
Organisations taking part in the UK Vanguard trials of the workplace health system200organisationsGB2026T1gov.uk
UK cyber firms expecting to grow their workforce53percentUK2026T1gov.uk
UK government employment support package for people with health conditions3.5GBP billionGB2026T1gov.uk
Share of fund managers naming Germany as a country where they increased or intend to increase EU exposure19percentDE2025/2026T1eif.org
GDP per person employed119167.84constant 2021 PPP$EU2025T1data.worldbank.org
Growth of ICT specialists employed in the EU, 2015-202559.4percentEU2025T1ec.europa.eu
Over-qualification rate of nationals (tertiary-educated in jobs not requiring that level)20.0percentEU2025T1ec.europa.eu
EU workers whose performance is assessed and rewarded automatically13%EU2024-2025T1joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu
Applicants' lack of ICT qualifications as reason for hard-to-fill ICT vacancies, EU2741.73percent of recruiting enterprisesEU2024T1ec.europa.eu
Enterprises (10+ employees) that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists and had hard-to-fill vacancies57.5percentEU272024T1ec.europa.eu
Value added per person employed, employment activities (NACE N78), 0-9 employees, DE81.77EUR thousand per person employedDE2024T1ec.europa.eu

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