#C/2026/02425EU open competition for ICT administrators
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This notice opens an EU recruitment competition for AD 7 administrators in four technology fields: ICT infrastructure, ICT project management, clouds and networks, and data science. EU institutions, bodies, and agencies will use the resulting reserve lists to recruit new civil servants. Candidates may apply for only one field. They must be EU nationals, meet language requirements in two official EU languages, and show the required mix of education and professional experience. Applications close on 10 June 2026 at midday Brussels time, with supporting documents due by 1 October 2026.
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Key Changes
- Creates reserve lists for 782 AD 7 ICT administrator posts across four technology fields.
- Sets education, experience, and language requirements for candidates in each field.
- Defines a remote testing process with reasoning tests, a field-specific multiple-choice test, and a written EU-focused essay.
Obligations
What this law requires
Candidates may apply for only one of the four competition fields: ICT infrastructure, ICT project management, clouds and networks, or data science.
Candidates must be nationals of an EU Member State, enjoy full citizenship rights, have fulfilled any applicable military-service obligations, and meet the character requirements for the duties concerned by the closing date for applications.
Candidates must have thorough knowledge of one official EU language at minimum C1 level and satisfactory knowledge of a different official EU language at minimum B2 level, covering the linguistic abilities requested in the application form.
Candidates must indicate their choice of test languages in the application form; reasoning tests will be taken in language 1, while the field-related MCQ test and EU free-text essay will be taken in language 2.
Candidates must apply online on the EPSO website and submit the completed application form by the application deadline; after the deadline, candidates may no longer change their application.