In 2025, 10.45 million people were employed as information and communication technology (ICT) specialists across the EU, accounting for 5.0% of total employment. The figure

confirms the continued long-term expansion of Europe’s digital workforce, with the share of ICT specialists increasing by 0.1 percentage points compared with 2024 and by 1.5 percentage points since 2015.

Although growth in the sector has moderated in recent years, the number of ICT specialists has continued to rise steadily. Annual growth reached 7.1% in 2020 and 5.7% in 2021 before slowing to 4.0% between 2022 and 2023, 4.5% between 2023 and 2024, and 2.6% between 2024 and 2025. The continued increase highlights the resilience of the ICT sector despite broader economic uncertainty.

Among EU countries, Sweden recorded the highest share of ICT specialists in total employment in 2025 at 8.9%, followed by Luxembourg at 8.7% and Finland at 7.8%. The lowest shares were registered in Greece (2.5%), Romania (2.7%) and Italy (3.8%).

Men continued to dominate ICT employment across the EU, representing 80.5% of ICT specialists in 2025, while women accounted for 19.5%. However, the share of women in ICT roles has increased by 3 percentage points since 2015.

The lowest representation of women among ICT specialists was recorded in Czechia (12.9%), Hungary (15.0%) and Slovakia (15.5%). By contrast, Romania (27.8%), Latvia (25.9%) and Bulgaria (25.0%) reported the highest shares of women working as ICT specialists. Photo by Mr.willymario, Wikimedia commons.