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Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2269) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Arts therapist
  • Chiropractor
  • Dance and movement therapist
  • Occupational therapist
  • Osteopath
  • Podiatrist
  • Recreational therapist
10European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
2countries report a surplus
4,379open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2269ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 10 European countries reported a shortage of health professionals not elsewhere classified: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden. 2 reported a surplus: Bulgaria and Finland. Bulgaria appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest health 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

4,136 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

243 open ads

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

Where health 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
BelgiumShortage€5,370 a month *Brussels: €1,150
EstoniaShortage€2,262 a monthTallinn: €720
GermanyShortage€5,270 a monthBerlin: €1,350
GreeceShortage€1,904 a month *Athens: €1,150
LuxembourgShortage€6,887 a month *Luxembourg: €1,900
NetherlandsShortage€4,726 a monthNot yet verified
SloveniaShortage€2,727 a monthLjubljana: €950
SwedenShortage€4,330 a month *Stockholm: €2,100
BulgariaShortage and surplus€1,367 a monthSofia: €650
FinlandSurplus€4,673 a month *Helsinki: €1,150

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 health 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 health professionals not elsewhere classified do

This unit group covers health professionals not classified elsewhere in Sub-major Group 22: Health Professionals. For instance, the group includes occupations such as podiatrist, occupational therapist, recreational therapist, chiropractor, osteopath and other professionals providing diagnostic, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services.

Typical tasks

  • In such cases tasks would include -
  • Interviewing patients and conducting diagnostic tests to determine their health status, functional limitations, and the nature of physical or mental disorders, illnesses or other health problems
  • Developing and implementing treatment plans for injuries, illnesses and other physical and mental impairments
  • Evaluating and documenting patients' progress through treatment plans, and referring patients and families to medical doctors or other health care providers for specialized, rehabilitative or other care services as needed
  • Administering therapeutic care and treatment to patients, including through application of manual and physical chiropractic and osteopathic techniques
  • Recommending environmental adaptations in the home, leisure, work and school environments on an individual or group basis to enable individuals with functional limitations to perform their daily activities and occupations
  • Planning and implementing therapeutic programmes on an individual and group basis for improving and maintaining physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning, including through the use of arts and crafts, dance and movement, music and other recreational activities
  • Identifying and prescribing treatments for conditions affecting the foot, ankle and related structures of the leg due to illness, disease or other physical impairment, and prescribing corrective footwear and advising on foot care to manage foot ailments
  • Performing minor surgical procedures such as on the foot and ankles

Finding health professionals not elsewhere classified 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 "Osteopath".
  • 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:

ViennaBrusselsTallinnBerlinAthensLuxembourgLjubljanaStockholmSofia

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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