In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, companies across Western Europe face a pressing challenge: securing the right tech talent to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
What’s at stake for Western European companies today?
In 2025, 57.5% of EU businesses report difficulty recruiting all the IT specialists they need, with large enterprises facing even greater challenges - 68% unable to fill all their IT roles. For companies across Germany, France, the Netherlands and beyond, the pressure is mounting—rising costs, delayed projects, and lost growth are becoming everyday risks. The only way forward is to rethink where and how you hire.
At GigsRemote, we recognise that the solution lies beyond borders. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is now a hub for skilled, dependable, and cost-effective tech talent.
This guide shows how GigsRemote helps Western European companies cut costs, boost performance, and access top-tier, remote tech talent from CEE — without the usual hiring headaches. With real data and case studies, this is your blueprint for smarter, faster, and more reliable tech hiring.
The challenge is real—but so is the solution.
What you will find in this whitepaper:
- The Western Europe IT Talent Crunch - a short analysis of the challenges in the UK tech market
- The Price of Talent: A European Cost Comparison - GigsRemote proprietary data, combined with other market data, to showcase a Cost Benchmark of Western Europe vs CEE costs.
- The CEE Advantage - an overview of different countries and the region in general, focused on tech talent analysis.
- GigsRemote: Your Hiring Edge - showcase of GigsRemote and how we can help you leverage the CEE tech talent better.
