EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
12/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/10/2025 04:08
Which were the most demanded occupations in 2024
In 2024, the highest job vacancy rate in the EU was registered for sales, marketing and development managers, with 8.4%. This means that this occupation had the highest unmet labour demand, indicating possible difficulties in recruiting staff. These figures are partly compiled using a novel data source on online job advertisements (OJA) and are therefore published as experimental statistics.
The next occupations with the highest vacancy rates were manufacturing labourers and other clerical support workers (7.3% each), other sales workers (6.1%) and artistic, cultural and culinary associate professionals (6.0%)
Source dataset: jvs_a_isco3_r1
Although occupations in the public sector, such as healthcare workers and teachers, may also face recruitment difficulties, they are less likely to be advertised online, meaning they rank lower or are not featured in these data. On the other hand, IT professions might be over-represented in online job advertisements data.
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