Germany is popular with foreign tech workers

Tom Schmidtgen Tom Schmidtgen | 04.01.2021

Workers from the tech industry apply most often for German companies. Europe receives more applications than the US.

Germany is among the most popular countries for foreign professionals in the tech industry. That's according to an evaluation by the job platform Relocate.me, which helps people find work abroad. Germany received the most of all applications - a total of just under 3,300 last year. The Netherlands and Canada follow directly behind. A total of seven of the top 10 countries of choice are in Europe. The U.S. ranked only seventh.

In particular, the Skilled Worker Immigration Act, which went into effect in March 2020, is believed to have contributed to the boom, Sifted

reports. This also allowed well-educated professionals to quickly obtain work permits during the Corona pandemic. Workers in the IT and tech industries have also had even more relief since the new law because these skilled workers are very scarce and popular.

Despite the pandemic, Relocate.me recorded more tech workers wanting to go abroad in 2020 than the previous year. The platform receives 16 percent of applications from India, followed by Russia (nine percent) and Nigeria (six percent).


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