Information Technology Trainers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Information Technology Trainers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2356) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Computer trainer
  • Software trainer
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
118open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2356ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of information technology trainers: Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany and Spain. 4 reported a surplus: Austria, Finland, Greece and Slovakia.

Latest information technology trainers 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

41 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

77 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 technology trainers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BulgariaShortage€1,367 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaShortage€2,276 a monthPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortage€5,925 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
GermanyShortage€5,270 a monthBerlin: €1,350
SpainShortage€3,085 a monthMadrid: €1,300
AustriaSurplus€4,602 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€4,673 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GreeceSurplus€1,904 a month *Athens: €1,150
SlovakiaSurplus€1,830 a monthBratislava: €910

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 information technology trainers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What information technology trainers do

Information technology trainers develop, schedule and conduct training programmes and courses for computer and other information technology users outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems.

Typical tasks

  • Identifying the information technology training needs and requirements of individual users and organizations
  • Preparing and developing instructional training material and aids such as handbooks, visual aids, online tutorials, demonstration models, and supporting training reference documentation
  • Designing, coordinating, scheduling and conducting training and development programmes that can be delivered in the form of individual and group instruction, and facilitating workshops meetings; demonstrations and conferences
  • Monitoring and performing ongoing evaluation and assessment of training quality and effectiveness, and reviewing and modifying training objectives, methods and course deliverables
  • Gathering, investigating and researching background materials to gain a full understanding of the subject matter and systems
  • Keeping up-to-date with new product version releases, advances in software, and general information technology trends, writing end user products and materials such as user training, tutorial and instruction manuals, online help, and operating and maintenance instructions

Finding information technology trainers jobs in Europe

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