In paper, we investigate differences of EU countries in absorption of digitalization processes in the field of labour force. We used author index of digitalisation as a proxy to control for labour force adjustment to technological progress and human capital development. Our focus is on three main pillars affecting digitalisation: number of students in the field of information and communication technologies, level of use advanced technology at workstations, and online community groups focused on digitization and improvement of digital skills. The results suggest EU countries are diversified in terms of labour force development under digitalisation. Index ordering turned out to be significant to show two different groups of countries. Finland, Malta and Ireland are top countries, United Kingdom index result is far distant from other developed EU countries what confirm also DESI index and Global Innovation Index rank. Score rank for less developed countries is low, however dynamics in number of CS&IT students indicate advance in digitization and its influence on labour development. The study uses data for the period of 2012-2018. In contrast to DESI and GII measure, we used human and social development and digital use at work pillar in the entire group of EU countries to highlight social and economic fields determining digitalisation development.