Men remain the majority of ICT-educated employed people

In 2025, there were 3.4 million employed people in the EU with an education in information and communication technology (ICT), 5.1% more than in 2024 (3.2 million).

Men represented 83.4% (2.8 million) of people employed with this educational background in 2025. Although the number of employed women with an education in ICT has increased since 2015 (from 0.4 to 0.6 million), their share among employed people remains unchanged at 16.6%. Compared with 2024, the number of women decreased by 2.6%, and the share dropped by 1.3 percentage points from 17.9%.

Looking at the EU countries, Czechia (92.9%), Slovenia (89.1%), Latvia (89.0%), Lithuania (88.9%) and Slovakia (88.4%) had the highest shares of men in the total number of employed people with an ICT education.

As for women employed with an ICT education, the highest proportions were recorded in Denmark (30.0%), Sweden (29.8%), Romania (28.6%), Bulgaria (25.6%) and Croatia (25.2%).

Source dataset: isoc_ski_itsex

Most employed people with ICT education had a tertiary education

In 2025, more than 7 out of 10 (74.8%) employed people in the EU with an ICT education had tertiary education. The remaining 25.2% had upper secondary or post-secondary education.

There were considerable differences among EU countries regarding levels of educational attainment. In 2025, more than 9 out of 10 employed persons with an ICT education in Denmark (97.7%), France (96.6%), Cyprus (96.4%), Ireland (92.3%), Bulgaria (91.1%) and Croatia (90.9%) had completed a tertiary level of education. By contrast, a majority of those employed with an ICT education in Italy (69.2%) and Portugal (58.8%) did not have a tertiary level of education.

Source dataset: isoc_ski_itedu