Contact Centre Information Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Contact Centre Information Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4222) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Customer contact centre information clerk
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
6countries report a surplus
617open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4222ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of contact centre information clerks: Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Italy and Netherlands. 6 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Belgium appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest contact centre information clerks 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

176 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

441 open ads

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

Where contact centre information clerks 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
GreeceShortage€1,507 a month *Athens: €1,150
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€3,126 a monthNot yet verified
BelgiumShortage and surplus€3,683 a month *Brussels: €1,150
AustriaSurplus€3,108 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BulgariaSurplus€667 a monthSofia: €650
EstoniaSurplus€1,502 a monthTallinn: €720
FinlandSurplus€2,959 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
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 contact centre information clerks alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What contact centre information clerks do

Contact centre information clerks provide advice and information to clients, respond to queries regarding a company’s or an organization’s goods, services or policies, and process financial transactions using the telephone or electronic communications media, such as email. They are located in premises that may be remote from clients or other operations of the organizations or companies about whom information is provided.

Typical tasks

  • Dealing with incoming calls and messages from clients, whether to answer queries, handle calls for service or sort out complaints
  • Identifying requirements and entering events into a computer system
  • Dispatching tasks to other units, when relevant
  • Invoicing or handling payments, where necessary
  • Sending letters, information sheets and other documents to clients
  • Advising clients of additional products or services

Finding contact centre information clerks jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Customer contact centre information clerk".
  • 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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