The scope of the TRAILS portal transforms complex labour-market data into clear, interactive insights, designed for policymakers, researchers, and anyone working on skills and employment issues.

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What is the TRAILS Portal?

The TRAILS Portal is a data-driven platform designed to help users explore and understand the evolving European skills landscape. It combines harmonised datasets, research outputs, and interactive visualisations into a single system that allows users to analyse labour market patterns and compare indicators across countries and population groups.

The platform integrates data statistics from major European surveys, including:

  • EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS)
  • European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS)
  • Adult Education Survey (AES)
  • EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
  • Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS)

In addition to these datasets, the portal incorporates analytical indicators developed within the TRAILS project, such as:

  • Skills mismatch indicators
  • Job allocation quality measures

Together, these resources provide a comprehensive and comparable overview of skills supply, labour demand, and workforce dynamics across Europe.

Key Features

Interactive Dashboards

The TRAILS Portal offers a series of interactive dashboards that allow users to explore labour market and skills-related indicators across countries and demographic groups.

Users can:

  • Filter data by country, gender, age group, income level, and education
  • Compare trends across countries and time periods
  • Explore indicators through visual charts, maps, and comparative graphics
  • Drill down into specific demographic or socioeconomic groups

Integrated European Datasets

The portal consolidates multiple European datasets into a unified platform, making it easier to explore and analyse complex labour market data.

Instead of navigating separate databases and statistical repositories, users can access harmonised datasets and indicators in a structured environment designed for exploration and comparison.

Analytical Indicators from TRAILS Research

Beyond hosting datasets, the portal also includes analytical results produced by the TRAILS consortium. These indicators provide deeper insights into labour market dynamics, including:

  • Skills mismatch patterns
  • Overqualification and underqualification
  • Job allocation quality
  • Participation in education and training
  • Socioeconomic differences in labour market outcomes

As the project progresses, the portal is continuously enriched with new analytical results and datasets produced by project partners.

Data Access and Integration

The TRAILS Portal provides multiple ways to access the data behind the visualisations.

Registered users can:

  • Download datasets in Excel format
  • Access data programmatically through the TRAILS API
  • Integrate TRAILS data into their own analytical workflows

This approach ensures that the platform supports both exploratory users and advanced data analysts.

Who Is the TRAILS Portal For?

The TRAILS Portal is designed for a broad community of users interested in skills, employment, and labour market dynamics.

Policymakers

  • Monitor labour market trends, identify skills shortages, and compare workforce dynamics across European countries.

Researchers and Analysts

  • Access harmonised datasets and analytical indicators to support labour market research and policy analysis.

Labour Market Stakeholders

  • Employment services, training providers, and educational institutions can explore data to better understand workforce needs and emerging skills gaps.

Data Professionals

  • Developers and analysts can integrate TRAILS data directly through the platform’s API.

Supporting Evidence-Based Policy

Europe is undergoing major structural changes driven by digitalisation, demographic transitions, and the green economy. These transformations are reshaping labour markets and creating new skills needs across sectors.

The TRAILS Portal helps stakeholders understand these changes by providing accessible, comparable, and interactive labour market intelligence. By turning complex data into clear insights, the platform supports more informed decisions about education, training, employment policies, and workforce development.

Explore the TRAILS Portal

Whether you are a policymaker, a researcher, an analyst, or simply interested in understanding Europe’s evolving skills landscape, the TRAILS Portal provides powerful tools to explore the data.

Discover interactive dashboards, analyse labour market trends, and access the datasets powering the insights. Visit the TRAILS Portal: https://portal.trails-project.eu/ or download the TRAILS Project Application.