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Technical and Medical Sales Professionals (excluding ICT): Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Technical and Medical Sales Professionals (excluding ICT) is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2433) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Sales representative (industrial products)
  • Sales representative (medical and pharmaceutical products)
  • Technical sales representative
7European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
1,374open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2433ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 7 European countries reported a shortage of technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict): Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Netherlands, Romania and Sweden. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Latvia, Portugal and Spain.

Latest technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict) job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

143 open ads

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

1,231 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict) are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortage€5,370 a month *Brussels: €1,150
DenmarkShortage€5,925 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
EstoniaShortage€2,262 a monthTallinn: €720
GreeceShortage€1,904 a month *Athens: €1,150
NetherlandsShortage€4,726 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€1,991 a month *Not yet verified
SwedenShortage€4,330 a month *Stockholm: €2,100
AustriaSurplus€4,602 a month *Vienna: €1,250
LatviaSurplus€2,136 a monthRiga: €870
PortugalSurplus€2,323 a month *Lisbon: €1,400
SpainSurplus€3,085 a monthMadrid: €1,300

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all professionals in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict) alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict) do

Technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ICT) represent companies in selling a range of industrial, medical and pharmaceutical goods and services to industrial, business, professional and other establishments.

Typical tasks

  • Compiling lists of prospective client businesses using directories and other sources
  • Acquiring and updating knowledge of employers’ and competitors’ goods and services, and market conditions
  • Visiting regular and prospective client businesses to establish and act on selling opportunities
  • Assessing clients' needs and resources and recommending appropriate goods or services
  • Providing input to product design where goods or services must be tailored to suit clients’ needs
  • Developing reports and proposals as part of sales presentation to demonstrate benefits from use of goods or service
  • Estimating costs of installing and maintaining equipment or service
  • Monitoring customers’ changing needs and competitor activity, and reporting these developments to sales management
  • Quoting and negotiating prices and credit terms, and preparing and administering sales contracts
  • Arranging delivery of goods, installation of equipment and the provision of services
  • Reporting to sales management on sales made and the marketability of goods and services
  • Consulting with clients after sale to ensure a satisfactory resolution of any problems and provide ongoing support

Finding technical and medical sales professionals (excluding ict) jobs in Europe

Search all EU vacancies on EURES Check if your job is regulated
  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Technical sales representative".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

BrusselsCopenhagenTallinnAthensStockholm

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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