03 — EUROPEAN LEADERS IN EMPLOYMENT

ICT EMPLOYMENT IS ABOVE THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE

The number of ICT sector workers reached 168,300 professionals in the first quarter of 2025, 24.5% more than in 2023. The workforce in this sector represents 3.7% of total employment in Catalonia, a figure that surpasses the European average of 3.5%.

Fostering the digital transformation is the public policy that sector firms perceive as having the most impact: 47.1% said it greatly affects their growth and business competitiveness. Talent generation and attraction, a major concern in previous editions of the Barometer, fell this year to become the problem with the lowest impact.

Despite not considering the lack of talent a problem, 80.8% of the companies said they could post higher turnover if the shortfall of qualified professionals was solved.

We run the risk of not effectively shifting these funds to the industrial and institutional sector. 47.2% of the companies said they disagreed that these funds were a positive lever to boost business. EU funding received an average score of 4.3 out of 10.