ICT specialists in employment in European Union
ICT specialists made up 5.0% of total employment in the European Union in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
European Union, 2025
5.0%e (Estimated)
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
ICT specialists in employment in European Union over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0%e (estimated) |
| 2024 | 4.9%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 4.8%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 4.6%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 4.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 4.3%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 4.0%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 3.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.7%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 3.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 3.3%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2004 | 3.1%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 4.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.5%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
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