Labour market research: Denmark
Denmark's flexicurity model produces high job mobility and low unemployment. The research tracks where this model still leaves vacancies unfilled: green energy, tech, healthcare and construction.
Denmark consistently ranks among the lowest-unemployment economies in Europe. The flexicurity system (easy hiring and firing, strong safety net, active retraining) keeps the market fluid. Scarcity is concentrated in sectors where training pipelines are too small for demand.
IPMERC Research monitors the Danish market with a focus on sectors affected by the green transition and by demographic aging. Fieldwork is in Danish and English. Methodology mirrors the other country monitors.
All data is published openly. Fieldwork follows article 89 of the GDPR.
Sectors under study.
What the research unit monitors in Denmark.
Green energy and cleantech
Wind (onshore and offshore), district heating, hydrogen and energy storage. Denmark's climate targets drive demand for engineers, project managers and technicians that exceeds domestic supply.
Technology
Copenhagen is the main hub, with Aarhus growing. Fintech, healthtech and SaaS are the dominant clusters. The monitor tracks salary inflation and the effect of remote hiring from lower-cost EU markets.
Healthcare
Nursing, elderly care and mental health. Rural areas face steeper shortages than Copenhagen. The research tracks regional distribution and cross-border recruitment from Sweden and Germany.
Construction
Residential, commercial and infrastructure. Denmark's housing targets and infrastructure renewal programme compete for a limited pool of skilled tradespeople.
Recurring monitors.
Published openly after each fieldwork round. No paywall, no registration.
Scarcity monitor
Vacancies versus jobseekers by sector and region. Published twice a year.
Salary and mobility tracker
Median salaries by sector and seniority, plus job-switching rates. Denmark's high mobility makes switching data especially relevant.
Green transition hiring
A dedicated tracker for roles tied to Denmark's climate and energy targets. Covers onshore wind, offshore wind, hydrogen and district heating.
Questions about this research.
How does flexicurity affect the data?
High turnover means the market looks fluid even when scarcity is real. The monitor tracks vacancy duration alongside switching rates to distinguish real shortage from normal churn.
Is the research in Danish?
Fieldwork is in Danish and English. Published reports are in English.
Do you cover Greenland and the Faroe Islands?
The current scope is Denmark proper. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are separate labour markets with distinct dynamics and are not covered.
Research in other countries.
The same methodology, comparable data.