Survey and Market Research Interviewers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Survey and Market Research Interviewers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4227) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Market research interviewer
  • Public opinion interviewer
  • Survey interviewer
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
3countries report a surplus
30open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4227ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of survey and market research interviewers: Czechia, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Slovakia. 3 reported a surplus: Austria, Germany and Latvia.

Latest survey and market research interviewers 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

2 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

28 open ads

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

Where survey and market research interviewers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CzechiaShortage€1,301 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€4,448 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GreeceShortage€1,507 a month *Athens: €1,150
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
SlovakiaShortage€1,231 a monthBratislava: €910
AustriaSurplus€3,108 a month *Vienna: €1,250
GermanySurplus€3,141 a monthBerlin: €1,350
LatviaSurplus€1,275 a monthRiga: €870

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all clerical support workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for survey and market research interviewers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What survey and market research interviewers do

Survey and market research interviewers interview people and record their responses to survey and market research questions on a range of topics.

Typical tasks

  • Contacting individuals by telephone or in person and explaining the purpose of the interview
  • Asking questions following the outlines of questionnaires and surveys
  • Recording responses on paper or entering responses directly into a computer database through computer-assisted interviewing systems
  • Identifying and resolving inconsistencies in responses
  • Providing feedback to survey sponsors concerning problems in obtaining valid data

Finding survey and market research interviewers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Market research interviewer".
  • 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:

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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