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Job sites in Germany: 13 job boards compared for English speakers

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There is no single job site in Germany that has every job. The public job search of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit lists by far the most ads of the sites we checked, StepStone is the only large board in our check where you can filter for English ads, and a few smaller sites list only jobs where English is enough. For most people, two or three boards plus the career pages of the companies they want are enough.

ContentsThe 13 job sites at a glance

We checked 13 job sites on 31 October 2026 and wrote down only what each site says about itself, with the link. Job counts change every day, so read them as a snapshot.

This guide compares job boards. For the bigger picture, which sectors work in English and how to apply, read our guide to English speaking jobs in Germany.

Key takeaways

  • The Bundesagentur’s Jobsuche showed 728,383 jobs on 31 Oct 2026, the most of all sites we checked (Jobsuche). It has no language filter.
  • StepStone has a language filter. On 31 Oct 2026, 4,002 of 200,063 ads were marked “Englisch”, about 2 percent (our calculation from StepStone’s filter counts).
  • Make it in Germany shows a part of the Bundesagentur’s jobs, from employers who agreed to appear there. Most of these ads are in German, and the search works best with German job titles (Make it in Germany).
  • EnglishJobs.de lists only jobs where English is the only required language (4,303 on 31 Oct 2026, EnglishJobs.de).
  • None of the 13 sites publishes how many of its ads are in English.
  • On Indeed, employers can mark an ad “no German required”. From September 2023 to August 2024, 2.7 percent of ads created directly on Indeed in Germany carried this label (Indeed Hiring Lab, 22 Oct 2024).

The 13 job sites at a glance

Job site Run by Jobs on 31 Oct 2026 Filter for English ads Good for
Jobsuche (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) Federal Employment Agency, public 728,383 no the widest range of jobs, all regions and levels
Make it in Germany on behalf of the federal government 33,628 no qualified jobs from employers open to international applicants
EURES European Labour Authority nearly 3 million across Europe not found searching across EU countries, free advice
StepStone The Stepstone Group GmbH, private 200,063 yes (“Sprache”) professional jobs, IT, engineering
LinkedIn Jobs LinkedIn Ireland for EU users, private no Germany figure no contact with recruiters and hiring managers
Indeed part of Recruit Holdings, private no Germany figure no many ads in one place, company reviews
XING Jobs XING, private “more than 1 million” (own claim) not found the German-speaking market
Arbeitnow small independent site, Berlin 13,103 page “English Speaking Jobs” English-speaking and tech roles
EnglishJobs.de Ninibe GmbH, Lübeck 4,303 the whole site jobs with no German required
Berlin Startup Jobs private 136 ads in English or German only start-ups in Berlin
GermanTechJobs SwissDevJobs AG, Zurich 617 no IT jobs with salary ranges
academics academics GmbH, Hamburg not stated English site academics.com research, universities, PhD and postdoc jobs
get in IT get in GmbH, Cologne not stated (“over 2,500 employers”) not found IT jobs for students and graduates

Sources: the linked pages, retrieved 31 Oct 2026. “Not found” means the site did not show such a filter in our check.

Key point: A job ad in English is not always a job in English. Many English ads still ask for German, and many German ads ask for English skills. On StepStone, a keyword search for “english” found 36,656 ads, but only 2,917 of them were marked as English ads (StepStone, 31 Oct 2026). Read the language line of every ad.

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Public job sites

Jobsuche of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit

The Jobsuche is the public job board of the Federal Employment Agency. You can search without an account. On 31 October 2026 it showed 728,383 jobs, and by default this includes ads from external job boards (Jobsuche). You can switch those off with the filter “Stellen externer Stellenbörsen ausblenden”.

There is no filter for the language of the ad, and the interface is in German. A search for the keyword “english” found 1,811 jobs, but that is a word match. It also finds jobs such as English teacher (Jobsuche). The filters are useful in other ways: home office, salary, part time, career changers (“Quereinstieg”) and temporary agency work on or off.

Tip: Search with German job titles, for example “Datenanalyst” next to “data analyst”. Many employers write the title in German even when the team works in English.

Make it in Germany

Make it in Germany calls itself “the official website for qualified professionals”. The German Economic Institute (IW) runs it on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (IW project page). Its job listings come from the Bundesagentur’s Jobsuche, but only from employers who agreed to be shown there. Jobs that need no qualification, seasonal work and temporary agency work are left out (Make it in Germany).

On 31 October 2026 it listed 33,628 jobs, for example 7,709 in Bavaria and 1,209 in Berlin. The largest sectors were health care, social work and teaching (12,317) and manufacturing (8,248). The site itself says that most ads are in German and that its search works best with German job titles (same source). It has filters for sector and federal state, but none for language.

Good for: qualified roles at employers who expect applications from international candidates.

EURES

EURES is the European job mobility portal, run by the European Labour Authority. It says nearly 3 million jobs and 5,000 employers are registered across 31 countries (EURES). EURES says its services are free of charge (EURES help). Most ads come from the national employment services, so for Germany you will see many of the same jobs as in the Jobsuche. Ads are not translated, so each employer decides the language (same source).

Good for: comparing Germany with other EU countries and free advice from EURES advisers.

Large private job sites

StepStone

StepStone is a private job board. On 31 October 2026 a search without keyword showed 200,063 jobs (StepStone). It is the only large board in our check with a language filter: “Sprache” has the values Deutsch and Englisch. 4,002 ads were marked Englisch, about 2 percent of all ads (our own calculation from the filter counts). StepStone does not explain on the page whether “Sprache” means the language of the ad or the language you need.

Good for: professional roles, especially IT, sales and engineering, which were the largest fields in a search for “english” (StepStone).

LinkedIn Jobs

LinkedIn says it has more than 1.4 billion members worldwide, without a figure for Germany (LinkedIn). Its job search has filters for location, date, Easy Apply, company, experience level and job type, but none for language (LinkedIn Help). For job seekers there is a paid tier, Premium Career (LinkedIn Premium).

LinkedIn is strongest as a network: you can see who works at a company and contact recruiters. If you use “Open to Work”, you can show it to all members or only to recruiters. LinkedIn says it tries to hide the setting from recruiters at your current employer, but it can’t guarantee complete privacy (LinkedIn Help).

Tip: Your LinkedIn profile and your German CV should tell the same story: the same job titles, the same dates. Recruiters can compare them.

Indeed

Indeed belongs to Recruit Holdings and works in more than 60 countries (Indeed). It collects ads from many sources, so you find a lot in one place. A search for “english” in Germany showed about 14,000 jobs on 31 October 2026, again a keyword match (Indeed). We found no language filter. Indeed also has company reviews and salary pages.

Indeed’s research team, Hiring Lab, has looked at language in German job ads. Since 2022, employers on Indeed can mark an ad “Keine Deutschkenntnisse erforderlich” (no German required). From September 2023 to August 2024, 2.7 percent of ads created directly on Indeed in Germany had this label (Indeed Hiring Lab, 22 Oct 2024, retrieved 1 Nov 2026). The share was highest in cleaning (14.5 percent) and food and hospitality (8.2 percent). In software development it was 3.7 percent (same source). The study counts ads that waive German, not ads written in English.

If you upload a CV, check your profile setting. With “Employers can find you”, employers can see your experience, education, skills and city, and your name only after you answer them (Indeed help centre, US version).

XING Jobs

XING is a professional network for the German-speaking countries. Its job board says it has “more than 1 million jobs” and over 270,000 employers (XING). The interface is in German, and we found no language filter. XING offers the paid memberships Premium and ProJobs.

Good for: the German-speaking market and roles where German is part of the job.

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Job sites for English-speaking jobs

EnglishJobs.de

EnglishJobs.de lists only jobs “with no German required”. A job counts when English is the only required language. If an English ad names no language at all, the site assumes English is enough (EnglishJobs.de FAQ). On 31 October 2026 it showed 4,303 jobs. Part of them come from “a couple dozen other job portals and aggregators” (same source), so you will see some ads twice. Ninibe GmbH in Lübeck runs it (Impressum).

Arbeitnow

Arbeitnow is a small independent job board from Berlin. Its founder writes that he runs it next to his full-time job (Arbeitnow). It showed 13,103 jobs across Germany on 31 October 2026 and has a page for roles “where English is the working language” (Arbeitnow). There are also pages for jobs with a salary and for remote jobs. Its terms say the site contains affiliate links (Arbeitnow terms).

Berlin Startup Jobs

Berlin Startup Jobs publishes jobs in English or German only, and only for jobs based in Berlin. It does not accept ads from recruiters or headhunters (Berlin Startup Jobs). With 136 jobs on 31 October 2026 it is small, but every ad comes from a company itself. If Berlin is your city, also read our guide to English speaking jobs in Berlin.

Job sites for one field

GermanTechJobs

GermanTechJobs lists only IT jobs, 617 on 31 October 2026, and shows salary ranges on its ads. SwissDevJobs AG in Zurich runs it. Your application goes straight to the company, and the site does not act as a recruiter (GermanTechJobs FAQ). The site is in German and English, but we found no filter for the language of the ad.

academics

academics started in 2005 as a joint project of the weekly DIE ZEIT and the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (academics). Its English site academics.com has jobs in research, universities, foundations and the public sector, for example at Max Planck institutes (academics.com). Research is one of the fields where English is common.

get in IT

get in IT is for students and graduates in IT. You can filter by degree and create a free, anonymous profile so that employers contact you (get in IT). The site is in German.

How to use job sites without wasting time

  1. Pick two or three boards, not ten. One broad board (Jobsuche or StepStone), one network (LinkedIn) and one English board (EnglishJobs.de or Arbeitnow) cover most jobs. Add GermanTechJobs or academics if you work in IT or research.
  2. Save searches with German and English titles. “Projektmanager” and “project manager” bring different results.
  3. Go to the source. Many ads on large boards also appear on the company’s own career page. Apply there if you can, and keep the link to the original ad.
  4. Follow the companies you really want. A short list of 10 to 20 employers keeps your search focused and saves you from reading hundreds of ads a day.
  5. Keep a list of every application. Note the date, the job, the version of your CV and when to follow up.

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Check the employer on review sites

A job board shows you the ad. A review site shows you how staff see the employer. Two are common in Germany:

  • kununu. Employees, former employees, trainees and interns rate employers in several categories. You also see benefits and salaries that employees have shared, and you can read reviews without registering (heise online, 20 Jul 2021, retrieved 1 Nov 2026). Most reviews are in German.
  • Glassdoor. It has a German site, glassdoor.de, with one shared login for Glassdoor and Indeed (retrieved 1 Nov 2026).

Read reviews as single opinions. Look for patterns, and check how recent the reviews are.

Free help beyond job boards

Job boards are self-service. If you want a person to talk to, there is free help for internationals. The Bundesagentur für Arbeit’s local agencies advise in person. In Frankfurt, for example, the agency offers EURES advice on the regional job market, application advice and help finding German courses, all free of charge (Agentur für Arbeit Frankfurt, retrieved 1 Nov 2026). Several cities run Welcome Centers. The Berlin Welcome Center, for example, gives free, multilingual advice that includes job search and German courses (retrieved 1 Nov 2026). More Welcome Centers are listed in our guide on how to find a job in Germany.

Apply the German way, on every site

The job site does not change what German employers expect. They still read a CV in the German format, with a clear structure, dates as MM/YYYY and no unexplained gaps. They also expect a cover letter written for this one job. Quick-apply buttons often send only your profile, so use them where a short profile is enough and send a full application where it counts.

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FAQ

What is the biggest job site in Germany?

By number of ads, the Jobsuche of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit: 728,383 jobs on 31 October 2026, including ads from external boards. StepStone showed 200,063 on the same day. LinkedIn and Indeed publish no figures for Germany.

Which job site in Germany has the most jobs in English?

No site publishes a share. StepStone is the only large board with a language filter (4,002 English ads on 31 October 2026). EnglishJobs.de and Arbeitnow focus on English-speaking jobs, and academics.com on research. A related figure comes from Indeed: 2.7 percent of ads created directly on Indeed in Germany were marked “no German required” between September 2023 and August 2024 (Indeed Hiring Lab).

How can I check if an employer is good to work for?

Read reviews on kununu or Glassdoor, and look for patterns rather than single posts. kununu also shows salaries and benefits shared by employees (heise online, 2021).

Is Make it in Germany a good place to find jobs?

It is useful for qualified roles at employers who agreed to be shown to international candidates. Its jobs come from the Bundesagentur’s Jobsuche, so the Jobsuche has more ads. Most ads are in German, and German job titles work best in its search.

Are job sites in Germany free for job seekers?

You can search on all 13 sites in this guide without paying. EURES says its services are free of charge. LinkedIn (Premium Career) and XING (Premium, ProJobs) also sell paid memberships for job seekers.

Should I apply through the job site or on the company’s website?

If the company has its own career page with the same job, apply there. You get the full ad, and your application lands directly in the company’s system.

Sources

All retrieved 31 Oct 2026. Job counts are live counters on that day.

Added on 1 Nov 2026, all retrieved 1 Nov 2026:

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