non-UK top slices are in Portugal, Poland, or Ireland
11 / 20
When London is removed, Portugal, Poland, and Ireland dominate the strict English-volume leaderboard.
Tier 1 entries from the Netherlands
7 / 20
The Netherlands punches above its country-wide English-job share in concentrated hubs such as Amsterdam, Noordwijk, Maastricht, and Rotterdam.
Europe top-volume entries are London
10 / 20
London remains huge, but it is not the whole map candidates should use.
English share in Germany's active jobs
10.5%
Germany is deep in absolute volume but selective by language share.
Non-UK map
Take London out and the map changes fast.
The strongest non-UK English-language office pattern in this cut is not one country. It is a triangle: Lisbon, Krakow, and Dublin, with sharp single-city anchors in Geneva, Tallinn, Warsaw, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Bucharest.
- Portugal, Poland, and Ireland account for 11 of the top 20 non-UK company-city-country slices.
- Intergovernmental and pan-European employers create unusually stable English-first hubs.
- Candidates should search by city and employer cluster, not just by country reputation.
Top non-UK slices by English job volume
Inetum, Lisbon
Portugal
438
Delivery Hero, Barcelona
Spain
297
Devoteam, Lisboa
Portugal
297
Delivery Hero, Berlin
Germany
273
CERN, Geneva
Switzerland
228
EY, Katowice
Poland
226
Deutsche Telekom IT, Kosice
Slovakia
219
AECOM, Bucharest
Romania
215
Tier 1 markets
Netherlands and Switzerland are small but disproportionately visible.
Among Germany, Spain, Netherlands, France, and Switzerland, the Netherlands supplies seven of the top twenty strict English-volume slices. France appears only once in the strict Tier 1 top twenty.
- Country-wide English share can hide concentrated city and employer pockets.
- CERN, ESA, and EMA are durable English-language anchors for specialized candidates.
- SAP appears across multiple countries and cities, creating several relocation paths.
Strict Tier 1 top-20 entries by country
| Market | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7 entries | Amsterdam, Noordwijk, Maastricht, Rotterdam |
| Germany | 6 entries | Berlin, Metzingen, Munich, Garching, St. Leon-Rot |
| Spain | 4 entries | Barcelona plus one no-city slice |
| Switzerland | 1 entry | CERN, Geneva |
| France | 1 entry | ServiceNow, Issy Les Moulineaux |
Company evidence
The top non-UK slices are company-city clusters.
These rows are useful because candidates can turn the story into concrete searches: city, company, and role family.
| Company | City | Country | English jobs | English share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IInetum | Lisbon | PT | 438 | 90% |
DHDelivery Hero | Barcelona | ES | 297 | 96% |
DDevoteam | Lisboa | PT | 297 | 98% |
DHDelivery Hero | Berlin | DE | 273 | 99% |
CCERN | Geneva | CH | 228 | 98% |
EEY | Katowice | PL | 226 | 92% |
DTDeutsche Telekom IT | Kosice | SK | 219 | 100% |
AAECOM | Bucharest | RO | 215 | 100% |
Next step
Turn the market map into a search.
Use the live Europe route for current jobs, then save the search when the market segment matches your target.
Sources
- [1] English Jobs launch research extract. LinkedIn content and post ideas: live data snapshot english-jobs.com launch documentation. 2026-05-05.