EU HR & Recruiting Tech
28 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.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average annual growth rate of ICT specialists in EU employment, 2015-2025 | 4.8percent | EU | 2015-2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Growth in the number of ICT specialists in employment, EU, 2015 to 2025 | 59.4percent | EU | 2015-2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU job vacancy rate (share of posts occupied and vacant that were vacant) | 2.1percent | EU | 2026-Q1 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Job vacancy rate in ICT and computer-programming services | 2.6percent | EU | 2026-Q1 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Adults aged 25-64 in the EU who participated in education or training during the previous 12 months | 28.5percent | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Adults aged 25-64 who participated in education or training in the previous 12 months | 28.5percent | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU SMEs citing increased workload for existing staff as main consequence of skills shortages | 48percent of SMEs | EU | 2024 | T1 | single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu |
| EU administrative & support services sector (NACE N) wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio | 130.0percent | EU | 2022 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU average enterprise expenditure on continuing vocational training courses per participant | 1 441PPS per participant | EU | 2020 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU cost of one hour of continuing vocational training course | 64EUR per hour | EU | 2020 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists | 9.55percent | EU | 2023 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists which had difficulties filling those vacancies | 57.5percent of enterprises recruiting ICT sp | EU | 2023 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU enterprises with hard-to-fill ICT specialist vacancies, among those recruiting | 57.5percent of recruiting enterprises | EU | 2023 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| EU recruiting enterprises with hard-to-fill ICT specialist vacancies | 57.5percent | EU | 2023 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Employment activities (NACE N78, recruitment/staffing) share of EU administrative-services sector employment | 31.8percent | EU | 2022 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Employment activities (NACE N78, recruitment/staffing) share of EU administrative-services sector value added | 27.5percent | EU | 2022 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Employment in services (share of total employment, modeled ILO), European Union | 72.489percent | EU | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Enterprises (10+ employees) that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists and had hard-to-fill vacancies | 57.5percent | EU27 | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| GDP per person employed | 119167.84constant 2021 PPP$ | EU | 2025 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Growth of ICT specialists employed in the EU, 2015-2025 | 59.4percent | EU | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
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