Where the jobs are in European countries

According to EURES, the occupation groups with the biggest shortages in Portugal are health professionals, metal, machinery and related trades and information and communications technology (ICT) professionals. Jobs often mentioned:

• health – nurses and midwives, general and specialist doctors, physiotherapists,
• engineering and IT – civil engineers, IT specialists and software programmers (especially in Lisbon and Alentejo),
• skilled trades – welders and CNC operators (North), electrical line installers, agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics, construction workers such as carpenters, plumbers and electricians,
• transport and services – bus and tram drivers, contact-centre staff who speak French or Spanish (North).

There are more candidates than jobs among business and administration associate professionals, legal, social and cultural professionals and sales workers.

Tourism is strongly seasonal, especially in the Algarve, and farms there need fruit pickers from February to June. Information and communication has the highest vacancy rate of all sectors.