Three out of five (57%) job ads on the Czech labour portal Profesia.cz include the requirement to speak English. Candidates are most often required to master English actively. That is why young people with good language skills have better chances to find a job. Up to 43% of ads containing the requirement of knowing English require active knowledge of the language. Pre—intermediate is the second most commonly required level of English in the ads.
Proportion of job ads depending on the level of English employers require
| Required level of English | Share of offers |
| basic | 2% |
| pre-intermediate | 10% |
| active | 43% |
| expert, interpreting | 2% |
| native language | 0% |
Last year, companies put the highest emphasis on the knowledge of English when looking for people to work in IT (three of the four ads), customer support, pharmaceutics, translation and interpreting and Human Resources.
| Jobs by category | Share of offers |
| Information Technology | 75% |
| Customer support | 73% |
| Pharmaceutical Industry | 69% |
| Translation and Interpreting | 60% |
| Human Resources | 58% |
For young people under 25 years of age, the knowledge of English is language almost normal. With increasing age, the proportion of people speaking English declines.
| Age category | Level of English | Proportion of people with a given level of English |
| 17-24 | basic | 21% |
| pre-intermediate | 31% | |
| active | 25% | |
| expert, interpreting | 1% | |
| native language | 0% | |
| 25-34 | basic | 20% |
| pre-intermediate | 21% | |
| active | 19% | |
| expert, interpreting | 2% | |
| native language | 0% | |
| 35-44 | basic | 16% |
| pre-intermediate | 11% | |
| active | 6% | |
| expert, interpreting | 1% | |
| native language | 0% | |
| 45-54 | basic | 12% |
| pre-intermediate | 7% | |
| active | 3% | |
| expert, interpreting | 0% | |
| native language | 0% | |
| 55-99 | basic | 9% |
| pre-intermediate | 6% | |
| active | 4% | |
| expert, interpreting | 1% | |
| native language | 0% |