Required level of English
Share of offers
basic
2%
pre-intermediate
10%
active
43%
expert, interpreting
2%
native language
0%
Last year, companies put the highest emphasis on the knowledge of English when looking for people to work in IT (three of the four ads), customer support, pharmaceutics, translation and interpreting and Human Resources.
Jobs by category | Share of offers |
Information Technology | 75% |
Customer support | 73% |
Pharmaceutical Industry | 69% |
Translation and Interpreting | 60% |
Human Resources | 58% |
For young people under 25 years of age, the knowledge of English is language almost normal. With increasing age, the proportion of people speaking English declines.
Age category | Level of English | Proportion of people with a given level of English |
17-24 | basic | 21% |
pre-intermediate | 31% | |
active | 25% | |
expert, interpreting | 1% | |
native language | 0% | |
25-34 | basic | 20% |
pre-intermediate | 21% | |
active | 19% | |
expert, interpreting | 2% | |
native language | 0% | |
35-44 | basic | 16% |
pre-intermediate | 11% | |
active | 6% | |
expert, interpreting | 1% | |
native language | 0% | |
45-54 | basic | 12% |
pre-intermediate | 7% | |
active | 3% | |
expert, interpreting | 0% | |
native language | 0% | |
55-99 | basic | 9% |
pre-intermediate | 6% | |
active | 4% | |
expert, interpreting | 1% | |
native language | 0% |