Database and Network Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Database and Network Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2529) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Data miner
  • Digital forensic specialist
  • Security specialist (ICT)
10European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
1country reports a surplus
6,541open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2529ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 10 European countries reported a shortage of database and network professionals not elsewhere classified: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Sweden. 1 reported a surplus: Latvia.

Latest database and network professionals not elsewhere classified 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

6,401 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

140 open ads

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

Where database and network professionals not elsewhere classified are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
AustriaShortage€4,602 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BulgariaShortage€1,367 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaShortage€2,276 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€5,925 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GreeceShortage€1,904 a month *Athens: €1,150
IrelandShortage€5,669 a monthDublin: €2,000
NetherlandsShortage€4,726 a monthNot yet verified
PortugalShortage€2,323 a month *Lisbon: €1,400
RomaniaShortage€1,991 a month *Not yet verified
SwedenShortage€4,330 a month *Stockholm: €2,100
LatviaSurplus€2,136 a monthRiga: €870

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 database and network professionals not elsewhere classified alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What database and network professionals not elsewhere classified do

This unit group includes database and network professionals not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 252: Database and Network Professionals. For instance, the group includes information and communications technology security specialists.

Typical tasks

  • In such cases tasks would include -
  • Developing plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs
  • Training users and promoting security awareness to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency
  • Conferring with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes
  • Monitoring current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems
  • Modifying computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors or change individual access status
  • Monitoring use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer files
  • Performing risk assessments and executing tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures
  • Encrypting data transmissions and erecting firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers

Finding database and network professionals not elsewhere classified jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Data miner".
  • 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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