Belgraderuns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Software & IT services
Microsoft Development Center Serbia, Nordeus, Endava, HTEC, Vega IT, Levi9
Microsoft's Belgrade development centre is one of its oldest outside the United States, and Nordeus — the studio behind Top Eleven — was founded here and later acquired by Take-Two.
Relocated technology employers
A large cohort of firms and independent contractors that moved operations to Belgrade from 2022
The post-2022 relocation wave brought tens of thousands of technology workers, mostly Russian-speaking, and created a dense parallel professional community with its own coworking spaces, schools and services.
Business services & outsourcing
NCR Voyix, Continental, Schneider Electric, Zurich Insurance, Ericsson
Belgrade competes with Bucharest and Sofia for multilingual shared-service work, with the advantage of lower costs and the disadvantage of sitting outside the EU for data and regulatory purposes.
Banking & finance
Banca Intesa, OTP, NLB Komercijalna, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, AIK
The National Bank of Serbia manages the dinar closely against the euro, which is why the exchange rate has been remarkably stable despite the dinar being a floating currency on paper.
Energy & mining
NIS, Elektroprivreda Srbije, Zijin Mining, Rio Tinto (Jadar, contested)
Energy and mining are politically central in Serbia in a way they are not in its neighbours, and the Jadar lithium project has been one of the country's most contested public issues.
Film & creative production
PFI Studios, Work in Progress, Firefly Productions
Serbia's production incentive and Belgrade's mix of Habsburg, socialist and brutalist architecture have made it a steady stand-in location for international productions.
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