04.2 People Flows Europe is growing as a destination of choice for US software engineers searching for software engineer roles overseas, and now accounts for more than 20% of all cross-border Europe is growing as a destination of choice for US software engineers searching for software engineer roles searches, up 20% compared with 2017. overseas, and now accounts for more than 20% of all cross-border searches, up 20% compared with 2017. European share (%) of US-originated cross- border searches containing 'software' and 20.8% s20.0 e 'engineer' h c r a e s d 16.2% e LEGEND t a n 15.0 i g Share of US-originated cross-border searches (%) i r o - S U f o ) % 10.0 ( e r a h s n a pe o 5.0 r u E 0.0 2018 2017 Source: The UK is the clear destination country of choice for US software engineers searching for The UK is the clear destination country of choice for US software engineers searching for potential job postings in The UK is the clear destination country of choice for US software engineers searching for potential job postings in potential job postings in the European tech ecosystem. the European tech ecosystem. the European tech ecosystem. 13.96% % share by destination country of US.- 13.96% % share by destination country of US.- UK UK 10.56% originated cross-border searches containing 10.56% originated cross-border searches containing 2.74% 'software' and 'engineer' 2.74% 'software' and 'engineer' Ireland Ireland 1.73% 1.73% LEGEND 1.46% LEGEND Germany 1.46% Germany 1.60% 2018 1.60% 2018 2017 0.84% 2017 Netherlands 0.84% Netherlands 0.88% 0.88% 0.42% France 0.42% France 0.36% 0.36% 0.35% Spain 0.35% Spain 0.24% 0.24% 0.30% Italy 0.30% Italy 0.41% 0.41% 0.29% Sweden 0.29% Sweden 0.18% 0.18% Belgium 0.15% Belgium 0.15% 0.06% 0.06% Denmark 0.10% 0.10% Denmark 0.09% 0.09% Portugal 0.10% 0.10% Portugal 0.03% 0.03% Austria 0.08% 0.08% Austria 0.07% 0.07% 0.00 2.50 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.50 15.00 0.00 2.50 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.50 15.00 Share (%) by destination country of US-originated searches Share (%) by destination country of US-originated searches Source: Source: & 50 In Partnership with www.thestateofeuropeantech.com