Share of all employees working in IT occupations
Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), Occupational Register. IT occupations = SSYK 131, 251, 351. County of workplace. In brackets: the county's largest municipality.
▲ Where Örebro stands out
- 4.0% of all employees work in IT occupations, ranked 6 of 21 counties (13th in 2014).
- The university attracts students: 1,108 new students from other counties, 655 residents leaving for other places. Net +453.
- More new IT companies: 20 per month in the last six months, compared with 15 in the six months before.
- Established companies open offices here: 12 new IT offices in two years.
◆ Where we can grow
- The private sector has fewer IT jobs than average, about 900. Central government IT jobs make up for it and explain much of the growth.
- Few companies grow into employers: 66% of IT sites have no employees.
- Higher vocational education is shrinking: 42 admitted to Data/IT in 2025, compared with 118 the year before.
- Women are few: 20.5% of IT occupations (ranked 16 of 21) and 10% of owners of sole-trader IT businesses.
How many people work in IT?
How big the IT sector is, where it is and who the employers are.
Growth in IT occupations since 2014
Index 2014 = 100. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register. Change of method in 2019 (RAMS) and 2020 (BAS); the effect in 2020 was below 1%.
IT occupations by municipality, share of employees
Municipality of workplace. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register (BAS).
IT occupations in Örebro County by sector
Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register. Sector classification before 2020 has been converted to today's four groups.
Where does the county have more or fewer IT jobs than average?
Number of IT jobs more (+) or fewer (−) than if Örebro County had the same level as Sweden excluding Stockholm. Sector: the IT share among employees in the sector, times the county's employees in the sector. Industry: IT jobs in the industry per employee in the whole county, so both the size of the industry and how IT-intensive it is are taken into account. Industry according to SNI 2007; public administration and defence is part of central government but also of municipalities and regions. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register (BAS).
In which industries does the county have a lower share of IT occupations than average?
Share of employees in the industry who have an IT occupation, Örebro County compared with Sweden excluding Stockholm. Sorted by how many fewer or more IT jobs the county has than if the industry had the comparison share. IT and telecom companies (just over 50% in both) are not shown in the chart, as they would compress the scale. Industries with fewer than 300 employees in the county are left out. Industry according to SNI 2007, the employer's industry. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register (BAS).
IT occupations in the private sector, share of all employees
People in IT occupations at private employers (incl. publicly owned companies) divided by all employees in the county. In brackets: the county's largest municipality. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register.
Which industries do IT people work in?
Share of all people in IT occupations. Employer's industry according to SNI 2007. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register.
People per IT occupation in Örebro County
SSYK 2012, four-digit level. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register.
Companies
How many IT companies start, how big they are and whether they are local or offices of companies from elsewhere.
New IT companies per month
Sites by start month that are still active, excluding new offices of companies with several sites. Older months are slightly underestimated since closed businesses are not visible. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Business Register.
IT sites by number of employees
Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Business Register. IT industry according to Statistics Sweden's 26 SNI codes.
Local companies or offices of companies from elsewhere?
IT companies (main industry) with a site in the county. Local = the company has no sites outside Örebro County. Ownership according to Statistics Sweden: a local company in a group may have its parent company inside or outside the county. Employees estimated using the midpoint of the size class for the company's IT sites in the county. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Business Register.
Where are the IT companies registered?
IT companies (main industry) with a site in the county, by where the company is registered (registered office). The registered office is not the same as the head office: it is where the board has its seat according to the articles of association, and the business may be run from elsewhere. Counted per company, not per group. The registered office has been looked up for companies that also have sites outside the county and for local companies with at least 5 employees; smaller local companies are assumed to be registered in the county. Sole traders have no registered office and almost no employees. Employees estimated using the midpoint of the size class. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Business Register.
Skills – from upper secondary school to work
How the county educates the IT workforce of the future in upper secondary school, at university and in higher vocational education.
The path into IT occupations in Örebro County
Upper secondary: students in years 2–3 in the specialisations Information and media technology (Technology programme) and Computer and communication technology (Electricity and energy programme), National Agency for Education. University: admitted (second selection round) in the spring and autumn rounds to the Systems Science programme, Computer Engineering BSc and Computer Engineering MSc at Örebro University, UHR. Admitted is not the same as students who start, and many come from other counties. Working life: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register.
Upper secondary students in IT specialisations
Students in years 2–3 (specialisation is chosen from year 2), all schools in the county. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: National Agency for Education, SIRIS.
IT specialisations by upper secondary school
Students in years 2–3. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: National Agency for Education, SIRIS.
IT programmes at Örebro University
Per calendar year, spring and autumn admissions combined. Admitted after the second selection round. The Computer Engineering programme (until 2016) and Computer Engineering BSc (from 2017) are shown as one series. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: UHR, admissions statistics.
New university students: who stays, leaves and comes in
People starting higher education for the first time (UKÄ calls them first-time entrants). All subjects, not just IT – home county is not reported per programme. Stay = lives in Örebro County and starts at Örebro University. Leave = lives in the county and starts at another institution (including distance learning). Come in = starts at Örebro University with a home county outside Örebro County; entrants with unknown home (mainly international) are not included. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: UKÄ.
Where county residents go – and where the university's new students come from
New students (first time in higher education), all subjects. Anyone starting at several institutions in the same semester is counted at each one, so the total is slightly higher than the number of people in the chart above. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: UKÄ.
Higher vocational education: Data/IT in Örebro County
Programmes run in the county (distance programmes are counted where the provider is). Graduates for the latest year have not been published yet. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden/Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education, TAB5770.
Higher vocational education: Data/IT share by county
Students. Counties with fewer than 20 Data/IT students (Jämtland, Gotland) are not shown. In brackets: the county's largest municipality. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden/Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education, TAB5770.
Women in IT
The share of women in the jobs, among business owners and through education.
Share of women in IT occupations
In brackets: the county's largest municipality. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Occupational Register.
Women among owners of sole-trader IT businesses
Sole traders, where the company registration number is the owner's personal identity number. Limited companies are not included – owners and boards are not in the Business Register. In brackets: the county's largest municipality. Processing: ÖrebroTech. Data: Statistics Sweden, Business Register.
Share of women through the pipeline
Upper secondary: the whole Technology programme, since the specialisations are confidential by gender (schools with suppressed figures are not included). University: the three IT programmes above, latest calendar year. Sources: National Agency for Education, UHR, Statistics Sweden.
Explore the IT companies
Sites by municipality
Sites by industry
Active sites by start year
Only shows those still around today. Older cohorts have had time to shrink, so the curve exaggerates the increase.
About the numbers
People in IT occupations
Employees whose occupation is IT, whether the employer is an IT company, a manufacturer or a government agency. Occupations according to SSYK 2012: 131 ICT managers, 251 IT architects, software developers, test managers etc., 351 operations, support and network technicians etc. Counted where the workplace is. The latest year is 2024.
IT sites
Active sites in Statistics Sweden's Business Register with any of Statistics Sweden's 26 SNI codes for the IT and telecom industry among their five industries (SNI 2025). Electrical installation works have been removed. No company names or registration numbers are shown.
Sources
Data: Statistics Sweden (Occupational Register, Business Register and Statistical Database), the National Agency for Education, UHR, UKÄ and the National Agency for Higher Vocational Education. Processing, selections and interpretations are ÖrebroTech's – the agencies are not responsible for them.
Open question
Central government IT employees in the county went from 529 (2019) to 1,221 (2020) and 2,037 (2024). The register does not show which agency this concerns. That is why the charts let you view the private sector separately – there, IT jobs grow in line with Sweden as a whole.
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