The most sought-after professions and skills in Europe: What are the most published on the Internet?
Are you currently unemployed and looking for a job? Maybe you are thinking about a career change, or maybe you are at the beginning of your working life and still deciding which profession to follow? Seeing which professions are most in demand on the web can be useful for you.
Data from Eurostat, taken from online job portals, has revealed which occupations and which skills are most in demand in jobs advertised online across the EU in 2023.
This is an experimental statistic just published by Eurostat, with two main indicators. The first is the number of online job advertisements in the form of 'ads' and the second is the online job advertisement rate (OJAR), which also counts the number of employees working in these fields.
Almost one in 10 advertisements require ICT specialists
Looking at the number of job postings online, information and communication technology (ICT) specialists were by far the most in demand. Companies and organizations posted 871,000 ads seeking ICT specialists, accounting for 9% of all online job postings.
Software and application developers and analysts ranked second, with 515,000 ads, representing 5.3% of the total. Engineering professionals followed in third place with 412,000 ads, representing 4.3%. Close behind were manufacturing workers, with 385,000 ads, accounting for 4%.
Other occupations rounding out the top 10 most advertised occupations include:
· Physical science and engineering technicians, with 351,000 ads (3.6%)
· Retailers, with 312,000 ads (3.2%)
· Transport and warehouse workers, with 308,000 ads (3.2%)
· Sales, marketing and development managers, with 280,000 ads (2.9%)
· Other clerical support workers, with 262,000 ads (2.7%)
· Financial and math associate professionals, with 246,000 ads (2.5%)
136,000 ads for heavy truck and bus drivers
Looking at specific occupations, 136,000 job postings (1.4%) were posted for heavy truck and bus drivers. Car, van and motorcycle drivers were also in demand, with 61,000 job postings, accounting for 0.6%.
Nearly 100,000 job postings were posted separately for cooks and food preparation assistants. In addition, operators of food machines and related products were searched for in approximately 55,000 advertisements. Together, these three occupations accounted for 2.6% of the total job advertisements.
Health care professions also featured prominently, with 96,000 job postings for physicians, 115,000 for personal care workers in health services, 71,000 for other health professionals and 60,000 for other allied health professionals. Combined, these accounted for 3.5% of all online job ads.
Among professionals in the EU, ICT professionals had the highest share, accounting for 27.1% of online job postings. They were closely followed by office professionals at 25.5% and researchers and engineers at 23.4%.
Teaching professionals had the lowest weight, making up only 5.8% of the total. Health professionals were also prominent, representing nearly one in 10 (9.9%) of online job advertisements.
Workers vs. Professionals
Professionals (23.4%) and associate professionals (18.9%) dominated the broad occupations, accounting for 42.3% of online job ads. The share of managers was 7.8%. In 2023, service and sales workers accounted for 12% of online job postings, followed by elementary workers at 11.3%, and clerical positions at 10.2%.
Key skills required: Willingness to learn and teamwork
"Demonstrating a willingness to learn" emerged as the most sought-after skill, appearing in 26.2% of online job adverts for transversal skills and competences across the EU. Teamwork also ranked high, with "collaboration in teams and networks" coming in second at 21.4%.
Employers also value proactive employees, as "taking a proactive approach" accounted for 12.4% of the top skills listed. In contrast, "thinking creatively and innovatively" was in lower demand, accounting for only 4% of the required skills.
Eurostat experimental statistics: OJAR
Eurostat introduced the online job advertisement rate (OJAR) as part of its experimental statistics. Unlike simply counting the number of online job ads, this indicator also takes into account the number of employees in each occupation. It provides insight into "where recruiters may face potential challenges to recruit staff".
Sales, marketing and development managers had the highest OJAR in the EU, at 26.6%. They were followed by production workers (22.4%) and other sales workers (17.6%). Retail and wholesale trade managers (16.8%) and other clerical support workers (16.7%) completed the top five occupations.
Although public sector roles such as healthcare workers and teachers can also face recruitment challenges, they did not rank among the most in-demand occupations online. According to Eurostat: "this can be attributed to such positions often not being advertised online".
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