Talent in Lithuania

Talent to drive your business further

Educated, motivated, and committed, people in Lithuania have the skills and energy to handle even the most complex of tasks, the attitude to out-deliver, and the loyalty to see the job through whatever the circumstance. The driving force, supporting your big ideas and making them to become reality.

World-class talent

Historically known as doers and practically proven themselves as innovators with a passion to learn, Lithuanian talent is appreciated not only by employers, but also are recognized in the global rankings.

57%

of the 25–34-year-old population with higher education

Source: Eurostat, 2023
1st globally

for digital skills

Source: The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024
85%

of young professionals are proficient in English

Source: 2024 Invest Lithuania estimations based on Population Census 2011
52%

the highest share of women scientists and engineers in the EU

Source: Eurostat, 2022

The technical talent in Lithuania sets the bar very high, and we continue to be blown away by the development and technical support work that comes out of our Vilnius office.

Leslie Leaf,
Chief Customer Officer, Revel Systems

Co-creating solutions that deliver stellar results

In Lithuania, the close relationship between talent, education and business creates a nexus that fuels innovation. From the world’s most powerful laser through to global leaders in VPN technology, Lithuanian ingenuity and creativity is impacting research and product development globally. Companies are able to assemble world-class research teams here at highly competitive costs, and the government is supporting R&D activities via a swathe of incentives.

Danske Bank

Danske’s operation in Vilnius developed Danske MobilePay. It is now on 90% of Danish smartphones, and is the leading mobile payment solution in the Nordics

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Cognizant

Through its own in-house Scandinavian language academy, Cognizant is able to teach employees with no prior language knowledge to deliver services to customers in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish in only 6 months.

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The quality of talent available was the main reason Danske Bank chose Vilnius in 2012. We have been outperforming our initial goals every year since. I can say that our journey has been more than a successful one, and that’s down to the amazing team of overachievers we have found here.

Aistė Gataveckienė,
Danske Bank Head of Functions & Data Services

Future-ready innovators

Products and services that proudly carry the “Made in Lithuania” stamp are quickly gaining global recognition. From disrupting mobility solutions to gene-editing techniques to open banking solutions, Lithuanians are always at the cutting edge.

Deeper

Deeper Smart Sonar, the world’s first wireless, smartphone-compatible echo-sounder for sports fishing was created and developed by Lithuania’s Deeper.

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Eneba

In 2018, driven by their passion for gaming, two Lithuanians founded Eneba as a video game marketplace. Here, gaming enthusiasts can easily and quickly buy and sell digital and physical copies of their games, as well as consoles and other gaming equipment.

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