Data report
State of English-speaking jobs in Europe, October 2026
In October 2026, we saw 21,068 job ads run in English at 2,230 companies, in the 8 countries we track where English is not the main language. That is 38% of the ads where we could tell the working language. 63% of them asked for no local language, and 28% required it.
Covers 1 to 31 October 2026Data as of 1 November 2026Company career sites, public job portals and a few job boards, checked every hour
21,068
English-speaking job ads seen in October 2026, outside the UK and Ireland
63%
of them asked for no local language
28%
required the local language, such as German in Germany
English-speaking jobs by country
Ads run in English, and their share of the ads where we could tell the working language. The UK and Ireland are shown for comparison. Their jobs are in English by default.
| Country | English-speaking ads | Share in English | No local language | Local language required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,371 | 33% | 55% | 32% |
| France | 3,107 | 19% | 56% | 35% |
| Netherlands | 2,952 | 58% | 73% | 20% |
| Spain | 2,780 | 58% | 77% | 19% |
| Italy | 1,558 | 53% | 60% | 38% |
| Switzerland | 1,319 | 66% | 63% | 24% |
| Portugal | 1,073 | 81% | 87% | 10% |
| Belgium | 908 | 59% | 49% | 41% |
| United Kingdom | 17,828 | English by default | English by default | English by default |
| Ireland | 2,396 | English by default | English by default | English by default |
Cities with the most English-speaking jobs
The 15 cities with the most English-speaking ads in October 2026. Together they have 11,011 of the 21,068 ads.
| City | Country | English-speaking ads | No local language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Germany | 1,990 | 54% |
| Paris | France | 1,660 | 54% |
| Munich | Germany | 1,240 | 49% |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1,201 | 69% |
| Barcelona | Spain | 876 | 81% |
| Madrid | Spain | 754 | 70% |
| Lisbon | Portugal | 632 | 85% |
| Milan | Italy | 598 | 54% |
| Zurich | Switzerland | 456 | 61% |
| Toulouse | France | 379 | 42% |
| Frankfurt | Germany | 293 | 42% |
| Hamburg | Germany | 277 | 46% |
| Brussels | Belgium | 273 | 36% |
| Porto | Portugal | 199 | 86% |
| Veldhoven | Netherlands | 183 | 94% |
Companies with the most English-speaking ads
Ads run in English in October 2026, by company. A company needs at least 3 to be listed.
- Airbus441 ads · in 2 countries
- Levi Strauss & Co.361 ads · in 6 countries
- ABB322 ads · in 5 countries
- Employer not disclosed255 ads · in 2 countries
- ZEISS236 ads · in 1 country
- Salesforce222 ads · in 8 countries
- Accenture222 ads · in 2 countries
- Randstad221 ads · in 1 country
- ING219 ads · in 7 countries
- ASML216 ads · in 3 countries
English-speaking jobs by team
The team each English-speaking ad is for, as we read it from the ad.
- Engineering 4,716 ads, 22%
- Sales 3,015 ads, 14%
- Operations 2,072 ads, 10%
- Data & Analytics 1,810 ads, 9%
- Marketing 1,289 ads, 6%
- Customer 1,089 ads, 5%
- Finance 1,009 ads, 5%
- Product 826 ads, 4%
- People & HR 587 ads, 3%
- Design 505 ads, 2%
- Legal 416 ads, 2%
- Not classified 3,734 ads, 18%
Pay, listing check and new ads
19% of the English-speaking ads stated their pay (4,027 of 21,068).
12,311 of the 21,068 ads (58%) were first seen in October 2026. The others were already online when the month began.
Listing check of all 26,151 English-speaking ads we saw:
- Looks real 51% (13,455)
- Check before applying 29% (7,613)
- Probably not open 19% (5,083)
The 5,083 ads that look closed are left out of every other count on this page.
We show changes from the previous month once our data covers two full months in a row.
How we made this report
Where the ads come from
We check company career sites, public job portals and a few job boards every hour. We store each ad with the country and city it gives.
Which ads count
An ad counts in a month when our scans saw it online at least once in that month. Months run in UTC. Jobs that users add by hand are left out.
The countries
The headline numbers cover Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal and Italy. The UK and Ireland are shown apart.
Fixed once the month ends
After the first scan that follows the end of the month, we keep the numbers as they are. They do not move when ads change later.
What the words mean
- English-speaking ad
- An ad whose working language is English. We read the ad itself: the language it is written in, lines such as "our working language is English", and the languages it asks for. We count it only when that reading is clear.
- Share in English
- English-speaking ads out of all ads where we could tell the working language. We show it when a country has at least 50 such ads.
- No local language
- The ad asks for none of the country's languages, such as German in Germany or French or Dutch in Belgium.
- Local language required
- The ad, or its title, asks for the country's language.
- Local language a plus
- The ad lists the country's language as nice to have.
- Listing check
- Looks real means the ad is recent, still online and not a repeat of an old post. Check before applying means something looks off, such as an old date or a repost. Probably not open means it looks closed.
- Pay stated
- The ad gives an amount and a currency, and the currency is the one of the job's country.
- Team
- The kind of work, such as engineering or sales, read from the ad's title and text.
What this report can't tell you
- It counts job ads, not hires or open positions.
- We only see ads on the sites we check. Jobs that are never advertised, internal moves and ads on other sites are not here.
- An ad that lists several places counts once, in the country and city stored for it.
- The same job posted on two sites can count twice.
- Working language, team and listing check come from each ad as we read it when the numbers were fixed, not on the day it went up.
- Shares are rounded to whole numbers, so they may not add up to 100%.
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The CSV has every number on this page, one per row, with what it counts.
To cite this report:
CVtly, State of English-speaking jobs in Europe, October 2026. https://cvtly.com/reports/english-speaking-jobs-europe/2026-10 (data as of 1 November 2026).
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Report format reviewed by Dimitris Rizoglou (owner) on 3 October 2026.