CVtly job data
Do I need Finnish to work in Helsinki?
It depends on the job. As of 13 October 2026, CVtly sees 176 open job ads in Helsinki whose working language it can tell. 32% of them ask for Finnish: 28% say so in the ad and 4% are written in Finnish, which implies it. 60% are in English and do not ask for Finnish at all.
176 ads with a clear working languageData as of 13 October 2026Source: CVtly's own scans
32%
of the ads ask for Finnish
60%
are in English with no Finnish asked
176
open ads in Helsinki with a clear working language
How the ads in Helsinki ask for Finnish
Each ad counts once, in the first group that fits it.
- Ask for Finnish in words 28% (50 ads)
- Written in Finnish (implied) 4% (7 ads)
- In English, Finnish a plus 7% (13 ads)
- In English, no Finnish asked 60% (106 ads)
Teams where English is most often enough
Teams with at least 10 ads in Helsinki: the share of their ads that are in English and ask for no Finnish.
- Engineering 77% of 60 ads
- Data & Analytics 75% of 16 ads
- Design 73% of 11 ads
- Sales 27% of 15 ads
- Operations 27% of 11 ads
How we count
The ads
Open job ads in Helsinki that CVtly found on company career sites, public job portals and a few job boards at its last check. Ads that look closed are left out, and so are ads whose working language it cannot tell with enough confidence.
Explicit or implied
Explicit: the ad or its title asks for Finnish in words. Implied: the ad is written in Finnish and the job is done in it, so the ad does not need to say so.
The same check as your interview chance
CVtly reads the languages of each ad with the same check it uses to score your chance of an interview.
Date and sample
176 ads, data as of 13 October 2026. Shares are whole percentages of these ads. The page is updated after each scan.
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Source: CVtly job data, 13 October 2026, cvtly.com/jobs/helsinki/do-i-need-finnish