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Labour market · 2026-10

Labour market & skills — DE/AT/CH — 2026-10

Meridian agents·Generated 9 Oct 2026·5 sources

Labour-market report for 2026-10: 3 of 3 sections have data (unemployment: ok; digital_skills: ok; skills: ok).

Generated by Meridian agents from public data using a deterministic pipeline. Figures are reproduced from the sources listed below without smoothing, extrapolation or filling; a series that returned nothing is marked no data returned. No invented figures.

Unemployment (Eurostat une_rt_m)

Austria (AT): 6.7 % in 2026-08 (11 monthly observations). Change since 2025-10: +0.9 pp.

Switzerland (CH): 5.1 % in 2026-06 (9 monthly observations). Change since 2025-10: +0.0 pp.

Germany (DE): 4.0 % in 2026-08 (11 monthly observations). Change since 2025-10: +0.2 pp.

Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (% of labour force) — latest observation per country
geocountrylatest_periodlatest_valuefirst_periodfirst_valuechange_ppobservations
ATAustria2026-086.72025-105.80.911
CHSwitzerland2026-065.12025-105.109
DEGermany2026-0842025-103.80.211

Digital skills (Eurostat isoc_sk_dskl_i21)

Austria (AT): 34.3 % of individuals with above-basic digital skills in 2025.

Switzerland (CH): 45.5 % of individuals with above-basic digital skills in 2025.

Germany (DE): 24.2 % of individuals with above-basic digital skills in 2025.

Individuals with above-basic overall digital skills (% of individuals) — latest year per country
geocountrylatest_periodlatest_valuefirst_periodfirst_valuechange_pp
ATAustria202534.26202133.280.98
CHSwitzerland202545.47202140.265.21
DEGermany202524.21202118.845.37

Skill taxonomy (ESCO)

"automation": 20 ESCO concepts returned (14 knowledge, 6 skill).

"customer service": 20 ESCO concepts returned (1 knowledge, 19 skill).

"data analysis": 20 ESCO concepts returned (2 knowledge, 18 skill).

ESCO skill taxonomy matches per search term
querytitletypereuse_leveluri
automationoperate automated process controlskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/0a0532c2-ee60-4410-8e07-70e4d69370ec
automationcutting technologiesknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/2973b3bc-5893-4b3d-8953-22ef677a162f
automationsupervise transfer of luggageskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/2c320022-14b4-43fd-ae33-523a52a52e70
automationmetal joining technologiesknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/306ca6bc-bacd-434e-91d9-249a518ec71e
automationinstall mechatronic equipmentskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/455a7133-cf0f-4c74-a91f-fd35c0d25b79
automationChef (tools for software configuration management)knowledgesector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/49f85a99-086c-45b6-a6fa-eb90305af7b1
automationmetal forming technologiesknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/6055f185-3214-491e-975a-cfcc1756fe1d
automationprogrammable logic controllerknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/6468e5fb-f3be-4025-87be-4b6556755c61
automationbuilding automationknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/6709e92c-7546-46a4-aa57-5e951bd4cb0f
automationtools for ICT test automationknowledgesector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7557f0f4-b8bc-4ac0-b91e-222ab1ba744f
automationteach electronics and automation principlesskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7c455b13-bc86-40bc-bedb-4f7c35e685b4
automationinstall automation componentsskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/818c2b89-1335-4443-ada7-e1046862e273
automationmetal hot rolling technologyknowledgeoccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/8f411286-a9d4-485a-9c1a-535f683c76aa
automationcall-centre technologiesknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/e13b734a-218c-434a-a7cc-febac6d24ef3
automationroboticsknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/e87ec79a-c9ff-46f5-84fa-7a0f394cdf40
automationmetal coating technologiesknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/ee762b34-5a0e-4dc6-b386-5930bb3e3c25
automationDevOpsknowledgesector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f0de4973-0a70-4644-8fd4-3a97080476f4
automationmetal eroding technologyknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f26fa635-1f5e-469c-a1fc-3dea4ab39fc1
automationautomation technologyknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f4a6e9f7-5cff-46c0-894c-59c20bb78694
automationdesign automation componentsskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f96f5aa5-6ed7-40dc-a431-68b0a09d6d4b
customer serviceguarantee customer satisfactionskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/00e53a0a-c0ba-4c9f-a2ed-4706d5832a00
customer servicecommunicate with customersskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/0da516ee-e70e-4384-be13-f5ff80be8127
customer servicecustomer serviceknowledgesector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/15a33d76-4640-438d-ae64-fdc0c1d3eebc
customer servicedeal with arrivals in accommodationskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/25c0b413-f474-42fa-be01-20289d2634c4
customer servicelearn about customer serviceskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/39c00771-5f26-4ced-837f-d5ffeae245aa
customer serviceserve food in table serviceskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/42a6eff0-e9d9-423d-877b-e48fe91ff26f
customer serviceact as a company ambassadorskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/43268a87-8280-4e3f-bf97-97dc973d60ef
customer servicemaintain customer serviceskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/75dfe1ee-5935-42ce-b820-697f827825c3
customer servicedeliver outstanding serviceskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7e5786f8-1174-4f75-97e3-cfecfd95d797
customer servicemanage online gamblingskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/805e4fac-5325-42a2-a9e7-c6c777185a05
customer serviceteach customer service techniquesskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/8d10ae08-3b0d-4bbb-86c5-25dd2c6858cd
customer servicestrive to provide high quality customer serviceskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/a15dab55-f1da-4f85-ae3e-2b5c5b5333ca
customer servicecommunicate with customer service departmentskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/b215031a-dd21-48b1-a998-75d6373838d8
customer serviceprovide fitness customer serviceskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/b711fd4d-0b1a-4e08-ae16-339bb2430ffd
customer servicedeal with departures in accommodationskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/b83669f2-bf53-47ed-af9f-397c5f2dfd4d
customer servicemanage customer serviceskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c09c5786-a479-46de-b0aa-d5d2d8ccc123
customer serviceanalyse customer service surveysskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c5d018ca-f6fa-4cc0-b209-43df46e56d48
customer servicemanage guest support servicesskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/e782f412-4cb5-45f1-b5bc-15be441171aa
customer servicemonitor customer serviceskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/ee1d5734-89b8-4519-81f1-733a6b4f8df8
customer servicelead a team in hospitality serviceskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/f2051d94-4877-4f20-b1c6-31cca9132884
data analysisperform online data analysisskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/062320e5-79d1-45e8-8b7e-5deeb53279a2
data analysisconduct analysis of ship dataskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/0f365cf9-4f68-4a25-affc-75de20bcdc09
data analysisperform forest analysisskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/21331900-9d2a-4806-9a0c-a1885e16dc3d
data analysisperform business analysisskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/27ed854c-15b8-4ba2-90e9-ae888a219703
data analysisperform data analysisskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/2b92a5b2-6758-4ee3-9fb4-b6387a55cc8f
data analysisapply statistical analysis techniquesskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/382c11ed-20d5-4ae7-b60e-15fec527fa6c
data analysisanalyse big dataskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/47a49cd6-097d-457a-9f7b-c290c14930d5
data analysisanalyse oil operations dataskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/4af2461d-02b4-4fca-a070-c6399a6f1fb4
data analysisprocess collected survey dataskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/6b30644d-bdc5-4bca-b1af-edbf5c6b15ee
data analysisuse methods of logistical data analysisskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/6f993130-082b-4732-b62f-52cdf2096ad9
data analysisimplement data quality processesskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/713fb616-118e-40bc-9366-4a69879a49d5
data analysisstatisticsknowledgecross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/7ee4c2ea-b349-4bd2-81a3-ec31475d4833
data analysisanalyse data for aeronautical publicationsskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/807d89b5-3557-4259-8e2c-1b374d497fe8
data analysisexecute ICT user research activitiesskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/a4c2aa71-086f-4a46-b481-2619673c9dfe
data analysisperform safety data analysisskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c2ce7fe9-203b-492a-961e-9698dce7de19
data analysisreport analysis resultsskillcross-sectorhttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c544a9f3-5945-4b54-afed-de0697852817
data analysisuse specific data analysis softwareskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/c95c29fe-3971-46b7-80e9-1f7e75ba99b3
data analysisdata quality assessmentknowledgesector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/cc7370dd-69fa-4c67-a96f-d4d135d38700
data analysismonitor after sales recordsskillsector-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/d52487b0-cb03-4f41-a269-40c718018c2c
data analysisinterpret seismic dataskilloccupation-specifichttp://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/e9b99d6e-c7ec-4f87-b7b4-b5322733c998

Sources & licence

Data: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0), ESCO (EUPL). Public, keyless EU open data; reproduced with attribution. Each row is the exact request the agent made.

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