Jobs and growth

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• United States

  Selective rebound in 2026; FAANG-adjacent hiring is back but bar is higher

• United Kingdom

  London finance stable; tech hiring cautious; NHS and engineering shortages persist

• Canada

  Cooler than 2021–23; still better PR math than the US

• Australia

  Skills-shortage lists still favour nursing, engineering, cyber

• Germany

  Engineering and IT shortages persist; German language unlocks 3× the jobs

• Ireland

  Multinational HQ hiring still the engine

• New Zealand

  Small market — fewer seats, less cut-throat than Sydney

• Netherlands

  Eindhoven–Delft deep-tech is the Indian-relevant boom

• France

  Strong in engineering écoles; weaker for English-only generic management

• Singapore

  Always selective; EP minimum qualifying salaries have stepped up

• United Arab Emirates

  Hiring continues, but packages are not 2015 expat packages

• Sweden

  Specialist STEM; not a mass market

• Italy

  Milan design/engineering is the serious market

• Japan

  Labour shortage is structural; language is the gate

• South Korea

  Samsung/SK/Hyundai supply chain is the magnet

• Malaysia

  Shared-services and electronics in Penang; limited for new Indians without a pass

• Finland

  Small, high-skill, English-friendlier than its size

• Switzerland

  Elite, not elastic

• Spain

  Thinner salaries than northern Europe

• Hong Kong SAR

  Finance still the magnet; mainland linkages matter

• Belgium

  Specialist, not volume

• Denmark

  Specialist; Novo Nordisk-adjacent demand is real

• Norway

  High wages, low volume

• Austria

  Stable, language-gated

• Poland

  IT and shared services hire English speakers; medicine is a longer bet

• Portugal

  Tech is real and still small

• Taiwan

  TSMC-adjacent demand is the national story

• China

  Domestic market is huge; foreign-grad hiring is selective

• Czechia

  Automotive supply chain is real; English-only is limited

• Hungary

  SSC English jobs exist; they are not consultant salaries

• Saudi Arabia

  Vision 2030 demand is the pitch

• Qatar

  Selective, employer-gated

• Thailand

  Not an Indian STEM volume market

• Türkiye

  Domestic; currency risk on salaries

• South Africa

  Constrained; work-permit friction

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