Applied Languages

Language skills are a requirement in 26.64% of skilled employment vacancies, with English being the most demanded language by companies in the UK. English is required in 75% of job vacancies that require languages, followed by French, with 6.84%, and German, with 6.55%, according to Infoempleo.

Increased worker mobility, globalization of companies and high migration are the factors that have contributed to the gradual increase in demand for language in job vacancies, according to the Infoempleo report. In relation to this trend, the president of Infoempleo.com, María Benjumea, appreciates that language skill is “an essential part of any professional profile, it is a key differentiator, adds value to the worker and can be key when a company decides to choose between one candidate or another.”

Italian and Portuguese continue being less valued than Enmglish, French and German. They show a decline that leaves them each with a stronghold of less than 0.5% in job vacancies that require languages.

In relation to the requirement for regional languages in job vacancies, the Infoempleo report points out the Basque Country and Catalonia in Spain as the regions that value local languages skills the most, with 28.8% and 13.2% respectively.

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