CVtly job data
Do I need Portuguese to work in Lisbon?
For most jobs, no. As of 4 October 2026, CVtly sees 530 open job ads in Lisbon whose working language it can tell. 12% of them ask for Portuguese: 12% say so in the ad and 0% are written in Portuguese, which implies it. 84% are in English and do not ask for Portuguese at all.
530 ads with a clear working languageData as of 4 October 2026Source: CVtly's own scans
12%
of the ads ask for Portuguese
84%
are in English with no Portuguese asked
530
open ads in Lisbon with a clear working language
How the ads in Lisbon ask for Portuguese
Each ad counts once, in the first group that fits it.
- Ask for Portuguese in words 12% (63 ads)
- Written in Portuguese (implied) 0% (0 ads)
- In English, Portuguese a plus 2% (11 ads)
- In English, no Portuguese asked 84% (445 ads)
- Another language 2% (11 ads)
Teams where English is most often enough
Teams with at least 10 ads in Lisbon: the share of their ads that are in English and ask for no Portuguese.
- Legal 100% of 12 ads
- Data & Analytics 97% of 69 ads
- Engineering 92% of 158 ads
- Marketing 88% of 24 ads
- Product 88% of 16 ads
How we count
The ads
Open job ads in Lisbon 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 Portuguese in words. Implied: the ad is written in Portuguese 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
530 ads, data as of 4 October 2026. Shares are whole percentages of these ads. The page is updated after each scan.
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Source: CVtly job data, 4 October 2026, cvtly.com/jobs/lisbon/do-i-need-portuguese