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Jobs in Portugal in English: 72 % of 293 listings
Of the 293 open jobs in Portugal we track, pulled from company career pages and official job feeds and checked against the source every day, 211 have the ad written in English. That is 72 %, which puts Portugal 4th of the 20 countries in our comparison. 16 listings are junior-friendly, meaning the ad demands no years of experience, and 5 mention visa sponsorship or relocation. The language line runs through the industries: 95 % of data & ai ads are in English, against 65 % in sales.
By industry
| Industry | Listings | Ad in English | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 90 | 81 %73 | 2 |
| Data & AI | 39 | 95 %37 | 1 |
| Sales | 23 | 65 %15 | 4 |
| Retail & Hospitality | 17 | 0 %0 | 0 |
| Operations | 16 | 75 %12 | 0 |
| Customer Support | 15 | 100 %15 | 4 |
| Skilled Trades | 13 | 31 %4 | 0 |
| People & HR | 9 | 67 %6 | 0 |
| Finance | 8 | 88 %7 | 0 |
| Healthcare | 7 | 86 %6 | 1 |
By city
| City | Listings | Ad in English | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 132 | 78 %103 | 9 |
| Porto | 37 | 95 %35 | 2 |
| Lousado | 17 | 65 %11 | 0 |
| Leça do Balio | 14 | 21 %3 | 0 |
| Aveiro | 11 | 55 %6 | 2 |
| Braga | 9 | 67 %6 | 1 |
| Cacia | 5 | 100 %5 | 0 |
How the numbers are made
Every listing comes straight from the employer's career page or an official job feed, never from another job board. Our pipeline reads the language of the ad text itself, so “ad in English” means the advertisement is written in English, not that the company would accept an English CV. Junior-friendly means we found no demand for years of experience in the ad. A listing that disappears at the source is removed the same day, and the counts above are recomputed every night; the page you are reading shows the state at 9 November 2026. The comparison counts only what we track, and we track some countries more completely than others, so use the shares, not the totals, when comparing countries. How we verify jobs has the details.
Browse the listings behind these numbers: all jobs in Portugal, engineering, data & ai, sales, or Lisbon. Read next: Digital nomad visa in Europe: the income you need · Working in Europe from Africa: 4 visas with no job offer · Portugal for Brazilians: job seeker visa, CPLP and pay.