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The UK is the number one source of outbound tech talent moving within Europe's tech industry

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The UK is the source of the largest share of outbound tech talent leaving to move to another country within Europe

Top 10 European source countries of intra-European movers within European tech

Note:
All interpretations of the LinkedIn data are made by Atomico, not LinkedIn. A ‘mover’ is defined by LinkedIn as somebody now working in the tech industry that has moved country or industry sector for their primary employment between 2017 and 2016
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LinkedIn

For additional context, it is worth analysing a similar dataset covering tech talent movement in 2016 provided by LinkedIn for last year's State of European Tech

Top 10 European source countries of intra-European movers within European tech in 2016

Note:
All interpretations of the LinkedIn data are made by Atomico, not LinkedIn. A ‘mover’ is defined by LinkedIn as somebody now working in the tech industry that has moved country or industry sector for their primary employment between 2016 and 2015
Source:
LinkedIn

A lot of smart people I know in tech are moving from London to Berlin after Brexit - they are really open to trying to go elsewhere.

Jutta Steiner

  • Parity Technologies

The UK is also significantly larger than other countries as a source of outbound talent leaving Europe's tech industry for a country outside of the region

Top 10 European source countries of European movers out of European tech

Note:
All interpretations of the LinkedIn data are made by Atomico, not LinkedIn. A ‘mover’ is defined by LinkedIn as somebody now working in the tech industry that has moved country or industry sector for their primary employment between 2017 and 2016
Source:
LinkedIn

For additional context, it is worth analysing a similar dataset covering tech talent movement in 2016 provided by LinkedIn for last year's State of European Tech

Top 10 European source countries of European movers out of European tech in 2016

Note:
All interpretations of the LinkedIn data are made by Atomico, not LinkedIn. A ‘mover’ is defined by LinkedIn as somebody now working in the tech industry that has moved country or industry sector for their primary employment between 2016 and 2015
Source:
LinkedIn

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The State of European Tech 2017

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