Labour market data
13 indicators
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Job vacancy rateOpen vacancies as a share of all posts, filled and open, in enterprises with at least one employee. Unadjusted for the season, so a quarter compares with the same quarter a year earlier.quarterly, to 2026-Q2, 80 pagesLabour cost indexTotal hourly labour cost, wages plus employer contributions, as an index with 2020 at 100. Nominal, unadjusted for the season.quarterly, to 2026-Q1, 35 pagesLabour market slackThe unmet demand for work among people aged 20 to 64, as a share of the extended labour force: the unemployed, part-timers who want more hours, people available but not seeking, and people seeking but not available.annual, to 2025, 45 pagesLabour market slack, personsThe same slack components as the rate, counted in thousands of people aged 20 to 64.annual, to 2025, 45 pagesUnemployment ratePeople without work who looked for it in the past four weeks and can start within two, as a share of the labour force. Monthly, seasonally adjusted.monthly, to 2026-07, 9 pagesEmployed persons by agePeople in work, in thousands, from the labour force survey. The 55 to 64 band is the group that leaves the market over the next decade, which is what replacement demand rests on.annual, to 2025, 18 pagesEmployed persons by occupationPeople aged 15 to 64 in work, in thousands, by ISCO-08 major group. Professionals are group 2, technicians and associate professionals group 3.annual, to 2025, 27 pagesEnterprises recruiting ICT specialistsShare of enterprises with ten or more employees that employed, recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists in the year, and the share that had a vacancy they could not fill. The survey runs every second year.every second year, to 2024, 27 pagesWhy ICT vacancies stay openAmong enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists, the share that had a hard-to-fill vacancy and the share naming each reason. The survey runs every second year.every second year, to 2024, 45 pagesEnterprises employing ICT specialistsShare of enterprises with ten or more employees, outside the financial sector, that employ at least one ICT specialist.annual, to 2024, 9 pagesEnterprises providing ICT trainingShare of enterprises with ten or more employees that gave training to develop ICT skills, for their ICT specialists and for other staff.annual, to 2024, 18 pagesEnterprises using AIShare of enterprises with ten or more employees, outside the financial sector, that use at least one artificial intelligence technology.annual, to 2025, 9 pagesTertiary graduatesGraduates from tertiary education (ISCED 5 to 8) in the year, in all fields and in ICT.annual, to 2024, 18 pages
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