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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.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
Average annual growth rate of ICT specialists in EU employment, 2015-20254.8percentEU2015-2025T1ec.europa.eu
Growth in the number of ICT specialists in employment, EU, 2015 to 202559.4percentEU2015-2025T1ec.europa.eu
EU job vacancy rate (share of posts occupied and vacant that were vacant)2.1percentEU2026-Q1T1ec.europa.eu
Job vacancy rate in ICT and computer-programming services2.6percentEU2026-Q1T1ec.europa.eu
Adults aged 25-64 in the EU who participated in education or training during the previous 12 months28.5percentEU2024T1ec.europa.eu
Adults aged 25-64 who participated in education or training in the previous 12 months28.5percentEU2024T1ec.europa.eu
EU SMEs citing increased workload for existing staff as main consequence of skills shortages48percent of SMEsEU2024T1single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
EU administrative & support services sector (NACE N) wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio130.0percentEU2022T1ec.europa.eu
EU average enterprise expenditure on continuing vocational training courses per participant1 441PPS per participantEU2020T1ec.europa.eu
EU cost of one hour of continuing vocational training course64EUR per hourEU2020T1ec.europa.eu
EU enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists9.55percentEU2023T1ec.europa.eu
EU enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists which had difficulties filling those vacancies57.5percent of enterprises recruiting ICT spEU2023T1ec.europa.eu
EU enterprises with hard-to-fill ICT specialist vacancies, among those recruiting57.5percent of recruiting enterprisesEU2023T1ec.europa.eu
EU recruiting enterprises with hard-to-fill ICT specialist vacancies57.5percentEU2023T1ec.europa.eu
Employment activities (NACE N78, recruitment/staffing) share of EU administrative-services sector employment31.8percentEU2022T1ec.europa.eu
Employment activities (NACE N78, recruitment/staffing) share of EU administrative-services sector value added27.5percentEU2022T1ec.europa.eu
Employment in services (share of total employment, modeled ILO), European Union72.489percentEU2024T1data.worldbank.org
Enterprises (10+ employees) that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists and had hard-to-fill vacancies57.5percentEU272024T1ec.europa.eu
GDP per person employed119167.84constant 2021 PPP$EU2025T1data.worldbank.org
Growth of ICT specialists employed in the EU, 2015-202559.4percentEU2025T1ec.europa.eu

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