{"id":505321,"date":"2026-05-27T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/505321\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:30:15","slug":"number-of-ict-specialists-in-the-eu-continues-to-grow-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/505321\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of ICT specialists in the EU continues to grow – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2025, 10.45 million people were employed as information and communication technology<\/a> (ICT) specialists across the EU<\/a>, representing 5.0% of all employed people<\/a>. This reflects a continuing upward trend, with the share rising by 0.1 percentage point<\/a> (pp) from the previous year and by 1.5 pp since 2015.<\/p>\n

The number of ICT specialists recorded stronger growth in 2020 (+7.1%) and 2021 (+5.7%), but lost momentum in the following years, with annual increases of 4.0% between 2022 and 2023, 4.5% between 2023 and 2024 and 2.6% between 2024 and 2025. Despite the recent slowdown, the sector has seen steady growth over the decade, showing it can withstand economic fluctuations.<\/p>\n

In 2025, as in the year before, Sweden recorded the highest share of ICT specialists in total employment (8.9%), followed by Luxembourg (8.7%) and Finland (7.8%). By contrast, the lowest shares were recorded in Greece (2.5%), Romania (2.7%) and Italy (3.8%).<\/p>\n

\"Share<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Source dataset: isoc_sks_itspt<\/a><\/p>\n

Most ICT specialists in the EU are men<\/p>\n

The vast majority of ICT specialists in employment in the EU in 2025 were men, 80.5%, while women represented only 19.5%. Compared with 2015, the share of women increased by 3 pp.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The lowest shares of women employed as ICT specialists were recorded in Czechia (12.9%), Hungary (15.0%) and Slovakia (15.5%). On the other hand, the highest shares of women employed were observed in Romania (27.8%), Latvia (25.9%) and Bulgaria (25.0%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Distribution<\/a><\/p>\n

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