Hidd, BAHRAIN, July 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eu opea compa ies a e hi i g oughly seve p ofessio als to build AI systems fo eve y o e hi ed to gove them, acco di g to a ew study by complia ce fi m Axip o a alyzi g 3,519 AI- elated job posti gs ac oss eight EU cou t ies.
AI Builde s vs AI Gove o s pe cou t y. Sou ce: Axip o.co
The gap is widest i the cou t ies most co fide t i thei tech ical tale t. Swede , home to o e of Eu ope’s st o gest e gi ee i g cultu es, posted sixtee builde oles fo eve y gove a ce ole — the highest atio measu ed. F a ce followed at eleve to o e. I ela d was the most bala ced ma ket at 3.5 to o e, a figu e the study att ibutes pa tly to US tech ology headqua te s i Dubli impo ti g gove a ce discipli e f om global complia ce p og ams.
The fi di gs a ive at a pivotal egulato y mome t. While the Digital Om ibus, app oved by the Cou cil o 29 Ju e, delayed the AI Act’s high- isk egime to Decembe 2027, the Act’s A ticle 50 t a spa e cy obligatio s still take effect o 2 August 2026, a d pe alties of up to €35 millio o 7% of global tu ove emai u cha ged.
The study also fou d that fewe tha th ee i te gove a ce posti gs me tio the AI Act i the job desc iptio , suggesti g that eve whe e gove a ce headcou t exists, much of it is ot di ected at the law’s specific equi eme ts, such as co fo mity assessme ts a d tech ical docume tatio .
“Su veys measu e a xiety; job posti gs measu e mo ey,” said Ali Hayat, CEO a d Fou de of Axip o. “98.5% of o ga izatio s tell esea che s thei AI gove a ce staffi g is i adequate, yet thei hi i g budgets a e flowi g to the side of the busi ess that c eates egulato y exposu e, ot the side that ma ages it. Give that a gove a ce hi e takes mo ths to ec uit a d the bette pa t of a yea to build the docume tatio the Act dema ds, compa ies cou ti g fo wa d f om today’s deadli es should be cou ti g backwa d i stead.”
Additio al fi di gs i clude:
- Nea ly half of all gove a ce posti gs came f om e te p ises with mo e tha 5,000 employees, while two-thi ds came f om fi a cial se vices a d IT co sulti g — secto s exte di g existi g complia ce fu ctio s.
- Healthca e a d gove me t admi ist atio , which face some of the Act’s most se ious obligatio s, each posted o ly fou gove a ce oles ac oss all eight cou t ies du i g the study pe iod.
- I depe de t AI gove a ce co sulta ts i matu e ma kets ow comma d day ates of $800–$2,000, pe the Ve ifyWise AI Gove a ce Sala y Repo t 2026, eflecti g dema d that g ew 150% yea ove yea .
The full study, i cludi g cou t y-by-cou t y data a d methodology, is available at axip o.co/eu-ai-act-hi i g-gap-study.
Popula ity of f amewo ks i Li kedi job posti gs. Sou ce: Axip o.co
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