Portugal is located in South Europe and is a Republic, subdivided into autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira archipelagos) and 5 continental regions.

On the 2nd trimester 2018, Portugal had a population of 10.2 million and an active population of more than 5.2 million. The activity rate was 50.9% - 59% if you consider the age group >15;

On the 2nd trimester 2018 the national unemployment rate was 6.7%.

Employers in Portugal are looking for new talent in many different areas: IT (Programming & Data Analysis), Customer Service, Shared Service Centres / BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), Medical Insurance, Digital Marketing, Telecom (Engineering Services), Industry (Pharmaceuticals, Fiber Optics, Metallic Constructions, Food), Hospitality and Agriculture.

 

Requested language skills: 

 

English (mandatory), French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Slovenian, Czech; but also… Russian, Mandarin, Turkish, Arabic; Portuguese is always a plus

 

 

Requested IT skills:

 

Java, .NET, JavaScript, jQuery, Tibco, C#, ASP.NET, Spring MVC, Angular JS, HTML5, CSS3, Python, PHP, Node.js, Django, RoR, React, Knockout.js, Backbone.js, SQL, Linux, SAP (ABAP/ABAP OO, IDOCs, ALE, BAPIS, RFC, Smart Forms, SAP Script, Web Dynpro), among others

 

Further info:

Labour market + living and working in Portugal:

• In the EURES portal

• In the IEFP portal (in portuguese)

• In the EURES Portugal page

• Regional government - Azores

• Regional government - Madeira  (in portuguese)

• Portugal Tourism

• Government page (in portuguese)

• Citizen’s portal

•  High Commissariat for migration portal

   

Are you a non-EU citizen wishing to work in Portugal?

 

 See the EU Immigration Portal or The Official Website of Portuguese Immigration.