The analyses of labour market imbalances in the EU27, Norway and Switzerland conducted in the second and third quarter of 2022 and mostly based on data provided by EURES National Coordination Offices, found that 29 countries experience labour shortages and 24 labour surpluses.
The occupations which dominated the list of widespread shortages were related to software, healthcare and construction and engineering
craft occupations. The occupations which dominated the list of widespread surpluses were clerical related occupations, elementary occupations and professional occupations in the humanities and in the arts.