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Information and Communications Technology Operations Technicians: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Information and Communications Technology Operations Technicians is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 3511) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Computer operator
  • Computer peripheral equipment operator
  • High-speed computer printer operator
6European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
7countries report a surplus
206open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
3511ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 6 European countries reported a shortage of information and communications technology operations technicians: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Spain and Sweden. 7 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden. Belgium and Sweden appear in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest information and communications technology operations technicians 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

39 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

167 open ads

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

Where information and communications technology operations technicians are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all technicians and associate professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BulgariaShortage€966 a monthSofia: €650
DenmarkShortage€5,731 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GreeceShortage€1,682 a month *Athens: €1,150
SpainShortage€2,402 a monthMadrid: €1,300
BelgiumShortage and surplus€4,368 a month *Brussels: €1,150
SwedenShortage and surplus€3,915 a month *Stockholm: €2,100
AustriaSurplus€3,816 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,684 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GermanySurplus€3,856 a monthBerlin: €1,350
RomaniaSurplus€1,292 a month *Not yet verified
SloveniaSurplus€2,149 a monthLjubljana: €950

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all technicians and associate professionals in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for information and communications technology operations technicians alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What information and communications technology operations technicians do

Information and communications technology operations technicians support the day-to-day processing, operation and monitoring of information and communications technology systems, peripherlas, hardware, software and related computer equipment to ensure optimal performance and identify any problems.

Typical tasks

  • Operating and controlling peripheral and related computer equipment
  • Entering commands, using computer terminal, and activating controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment
  • Monitoring systems for equipment failure or errors in performance
  • Notifying supervisor or maintenance technician of equipment malfunctions
  • Responding to programme error messages by finding and correcting problems, escalating the problem to other staff or terminating the programme
  • Reading job set-up instructions to determine equipment to be used, order of use, material such as disks and paper to be loaded, and control settings
  • Retrieving, separating and sorting programme output as needed, and sending data to specified users
  • Loading peripheral equipment, such as printers, with selected materials for operating runs, or overseeing loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators

Finding information and communications technology operations technicians 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 "Computer operator".
  • 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:

SofiaCopenhagenAthensMadridBrusselsStockholm

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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