Skills Development Needs in EU27 Enterprises by Economic Sector

Key Insights:

• Specialist skills consistently rank as the most needed skill across all years, declining from 58.6% in 2010 to 43.2% in 2020.
• Customer handling shows a significant decline, dropping from 59.9% in 2010 to 36.5% in 2020.
• Team skills remain important but declining, from 57.9% in 2010 to 41.9% in 2020.
• IT General skills show interesting patterns: declining from 2010 to 2015, then rising again by 2020 (43.6% → 19.3% → 21.5%).
• Numeracy and literacy shows the most dramatic decline, from 19.2% in 2010 to just 3.2% in 2020.
• Foreign language skills are consistently declining in perceived importance (26.3% → 11.4% → 8.5%).

Chart Description:

Chart Type: Multi-line chart showing trends over time

Main Color: #18baa8 (primary), with complementary colors for different skill categories

Years Displayed: 2010, 2015, 2020

Data Source: This chart displays the percentage of enterprises across all economic sectors (TOTAL) that reported needing specific skills for development. Each line represents a different skill category, showing how demand has changed over the decade.