Barcelona has one of the largest groups of tech companies in southern Europe that work in English. On 16 October 2026, Spain Dev Jobs listed 767 English-speaking tech jobs in Barcelona at 150 companies, none of which asked for Spanish (Barcelona jobs). The biggest hirers were the Barcelona hubs of international groups, such as Allianz, Preply and Scopely, followed by Barcelona-born product companies such as Factorial, Wallapop, Perk and Socialpoint. If you are looking for English-speaking jobs in Barcelona, the strongest clusters are gaming, fintech and insurance, travel tech, health tech and life sciences.
This guide lists the companies hiring now, explains the types of employer you will meet and gives practical tips for applying from abroad.
How we built this list
Spain Dev Jobs only lists companies where we found evidence that English is the working language, and only jobs that don’t require business-level or fluent Spanish. We pull jobs from each employer’s own careers page every day. The counts below are the jobs tied to Barcelona on 16 October 2026. They change daily, so open each company page for the current list.
This is our own data, not the whole market. Many Spanish companies hire in Spanish and are not on the board, and some international companies hire through recruiters we don’t track.
Barcelona’s tech scene in numbers
The Tech Hubs Overview 2026, published in February 2026 by the Catalan government’s business agency ACCIÓ, Mobile World Capital Barcelona and Barcelona City Council, counts the technology centres that foreign companies run in Catalonia:
| Measure (Catalonia, 2025) | Figure |
|---|---|
| International tech hubs | 203 |
| People employed in them | 46,080 (up 10% on 2024) |
| New jobs created in 2025 | 4,433 |
| New hubs opened in 2025 | 12 |
| Share of hubs in Barcelona city | 70% |
| Share in the rest of the metropolitan area | 20% (Sant Cugat del Vallès alone: 6%) |
| Average hub size | 227 employees |
The report also says the most-requested profiles in these hubs are software development, data and systems engineering, and that the hardest to find are AI and machine learning experts, software developers, cloud architects, data scientists and cybersecurity specialists. The United States is the most common country of origin.
On our board, the jobs in Barcelona look similar. Of the 2,583 live jobs in Spain in our October 2026 report, 768 (30%) were in Barcelona, slightly more than Madrid (693).
Biggest English-speaking tech employers in Barcelona
These companies had the most Barcelona jobs on our board on 16 October 2026:
| Company | Barcelona jobs | What they do | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allianz | 69 | Insurance and asset management; technology and operations hub | Munich, Germany |
| Preply | 39 | Online language tutoring marketplace | United States |
| Scopely | 32 | Mobile games (Monopoly GO!, Star Trek Fleet Command) | United States |
| Open Cosmos | 20 | Satellites and Earth observation data | United Kingdom |
| Factorial | 18 | HR, finance and IT software for small and medium businesses | Barcelona |
| Tether | 18 | Stablecoin and crypto infrastructure (remote roles) | |
| Air Apps | 17 | Consumer productivity apps | |
| Joko | 16 | AI shopping assistant app | France |
| Proton | 14 | Privacy-focused email, VPN and cloud storage | Switzerland |
| King | 12 | Mobile and online games | Malta |
| Perk | 12 | Business travel and expense software | Barcelona |
| Titan OS | 12 | Operating system for smart TVs | Barcelona |
| Zurich Insurance | 11 | Insurance | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Veeva Systems | 11 | Cloud software for life sciences | United States |
| Delivery Hero | 10 | Food and grocery delivery | Berlin, Germany |
“Headquarters” is the group headquarters shown on our company pages; a blank means we have not recorded one.
Tech companies in Barcelona by sector
Barcelona-born startups and scale-ups
These companies were founded or are headquartered in Barcelona and hire in English:
- Factorial: HR, finance and IT software for small and medium-sized businesses; engineering roles in Barcelona and A Coruña.
- Wallapop: second-hand marketplace app. Its open ads on our board offered visa sponsorship and relocation support.
- Perk: business travel software. Most of its ads mention relocation support.
- Socialpoint: mobile game developer and publisher; some ads accept applicants from abroad.
- Titan OS: an independent operating system for smart TVs.
- Lodgify: vacation rental software.
- Exoticca: package holiday platform.
- Typeform: online forms and workflow software.
Gaming
Barcelona is one of Europe’s main mobile gaming hubs. On our board: Scopely, King, Socialpoint, Zynga, Voodoo, Gameloft and Larian Studios. Game studios hire engineers in C++, C#, Unity and backend languages, as well as data analysts and game designers.
Fintech, banking and insurance
- N26: German mobile bank. Every one of its open ads on our board offered visa sponsorship, and most offered relocation support.
- Monzo, Qonto and Tether in fintech and crypto.
- Allianz and Zurich Insurance run large technology and operations teams in the city.
Travel, marketplaces and consumer apps
Barcelona’s tourism economy has produced a strong travel tech cluster: Perk, Lodgify, Exoticca and Hostaway. Consumer apps include Preply, Wallapop, Joko, Air Apps and Delivery Hero.
Health tech, pharma and life sciences
The Tech Hubs Overview names health as the sector that created the most hub jobs in Catalonia in 2025 (1,392). On our board: Docplanner (doctor booking, owner of Doctoralia), Veeva Systems, Qualifyze, and the IT and data hubs of Sanofi and Novartis.
Deep tech, security and infrastructure
Open Cosmos (space), Helsing (defence AI; most ads offer relocation), Proton (privacy software) and Titan OS.
Visa sponsorship and relocation
Only 16 of the 767 Barcelona jobs on our board (2%) said they offer visa sponsorship on 16 October 2026; companies offering it included N26, Scopely and Wallapop. Relocation support is more common than sponsorship: Preply, Perk, Air Apps, Helsing and Manychat mention it in many of their ads.
If you need a work permit, most of these employers use the Highly Qualified Professional permit or EU Blue Card, which the company applies for through Spain’s large companies unit (Ley 14/2013). Read our work visa guide and browse all visa sponsorship jobs.
What these companies pay
On 16 October 2026, 102 of the Barcelona jobs on our board stated a yearly salary in euros, and most fell between €40k and €139k. In our October report, the median posted salary in Barcelona was €71,250, compared with €60,500 in Madrid. Levels.fyi showed a self-reported median total compensation of €64,188 for software engineers in the Barcelona area on the same day (Levels.fyi). Our salaries by tech stack guide breaks this down further.
Remote and hybrid work
Most Barcelona jobs are hybrid. On 16 October 2026, 169 of the 767 (22%) were fully remote. Docplanner, Tether and Voodoo had several “Remote (Spain)” roles. See how remote Spanish tech jobs are for the full picture.
Tips for getting hired in Barcelona in English
- Target the right stack. Python was the most common skill in Barcelona ads (245 jobs on 16 October 2026), followed by cloud skills such as AWS. Java, Go and Kotlin are common at product companies.
- Look beyond the city limits. Some hubs sit in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Cornellà or L’Hospitalet. Check jobs in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
- Apply on the employer’s site, in English. You don’t need a Spanish CV for any job on our board. Our guide to getting a tech job in Spain without Spanish covers CVs and interviews.
- Plan the paperwork early. Once you have an offer, sort your NIE, TIE and padrón registration in your first month: see our first-month admin guide. Barcelona City Council’s International Welcome service has information for newcomers.
- Set up alerts. New Barcelona jobs appear every day; filter the Barcelona page and save the search.
For companies across Spain, see our companies hiring English speakers guide or browse all companies.
Frequently asked questions
What are the biggest tech companies in Barcelona?
By English-speaking tech jobs on our board on 16 October 2026, the biggest hirers in Barcelona were Allianz (69 jobs), Preply (39), Scopely (32), Open Cosmos (20), Factorial and Tether (18 each). Large international groups such as Allianz, King, Zurich Insurance, Sanofi and Novartis also run sizeable tech hubs in the city.
Can I get a tech job in Barcelona if I only speak English?
Yes. On 16 October 2026, Spain Dev Jobs listed 767 tech jobs in Barcelona at 150 companies where English is the working language, and none of them asked for Spanish. Learning some Spanish or Catalan helps with daily life, but it isn’t required for these roles.
Which startups in Barcelona are hiring?
Barcelona-born companies hiring in English on our board include Factorial, Wallapop, Perk, Socialpoint, Titan OS, Lodgify, Exoticca and Typeform. Startups and scale-ups from other countries with Barcelona teams include Preply, Joko, Qonto, Qualifyze and Manychat.
Which companies in Barcelona sponsor visas?
Only 2% of Barcelona jobs on our board offered visa sponsorship on 16 October 2026. Companies offering it included N26, Scopely and Wallapop. See the current list on our visa sponsorship jobs page.
How many tech hubs are there in Barcelona?
The Tech Hubs Overview 2026 counts 203 international tech hubs in Catalonia in 2025, employing 46,080 people. 70% of them are in the city of Barcelona and another 20% in the rest of the metropolitan area.
Company counts are a snapshot from 16 October 2026 and change daily. Listing a company here is not an endorsement; check each employer’s terms before you apply.