Management and Organization Analysts: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Management and Organization Analysts is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2421) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Business consultant
  • Management consultant
  • Organization and methods analyst
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
5countries report a surplus
987open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2421ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of management and organization analysts: Czechia, Malta, Netherlands, Romania and Spain. 5 reported a surplus: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Latvia and Portugal.

Pay in the UK for this job

£53,295median gross pay a year, full-time
£1,040median gross pay a week, full-time
251,000full-time jobs (ONS estimate)

UK occupation used: Management consultants and business analysts (SOC 2020 code 2431). Placeivo matched this to ISCO-08 2421 by job title and duties; the UK and international occupation lists do not line up exactly. National figure for the whole United Kingdom, in pounds sterling (GBP), before income tax and National Insurance.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 provisional, Table 14 (occupation by 4-digit SOC 2020): tables 14.7a (annual pay, gross) and 14.1a (weekly pay, gross), full-time employee jobs, United Kingdom. Weekly pay is for April 2025; annual pay is for the tax year ending 5 April 2025, employees in the same job for at least a year. Retrieved 2026-10-13.

See the ONS earnings tables by occupation

UK Skilled Worker visa for this job

EligibleGOV.UK level: Higher Skilled
£50,200standard going rate a year
£36,000lower going rate a year
£50,200usual minimum salary for a new visa

This occupation (UK code 2431, Management consultants and business analysts) is on the UK list of jobs eligible for the Skilled Worker visa. The job usually has to pay the higher of £41,700 a year or the going rate for the occupation. GOV.UK says the lower going rate applies if you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa in certain occupations, or got the certificate of sponsorship for your first Skilled Worker visa before 4 April 2024 and have held one ever since. Going rates are for a 37.5-hour week and are pro-rated for other hours. Placeivo matched this UK code to ISCO-08 2421 by job title; the lists do not line up exactly.

This is a summary of official rules, not legal advice. Rules change and some people (for example those already on a Skilled Worker visa) have different rules. Always check GOV.UK before you apply.

Source: UK Visas and Immigration, GOV.UK tables "Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes" and "Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes", updated 2025-07-22, retrieved 2026-10-15. General minimum salary from GOV.UK "Skilled Worker visa: Your job", checked 2026-10-15.

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Latest management and organization analysts 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

297 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

690 open ads

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

Where management and organization analysts are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CzechiaShortage€2,276 a monthPrague: €1,250
MaltaShortageNot yet verifiedValletta: €1,050
NetherlandsShortage€4,726 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€1,991 a month *Not yet verified
SpainShortage€3,085 a monthMadrid: €1,300
AustriaSurplus€4,602 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BulgariaSurplus€1,367 a monthSofia: €650
DenmarkSurplus€5,925 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
LatviaSurplus€2,136 a monthRiga: €870
PortugalSurplus€2,323 a month *Lisbon: €1,400

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

What management and organization analysts do

Management and organization analysts assist organizations to achieve greater efficiency and solve organizational problems. They study organizational structures, methods, systems and procedures.

Typical tasks

  • Assisting and encouraging the development of objectives, strategies and plans aimed at achieving customer satisfaction and the efficient use of organizations’ resources
  • Analysing and evaluating current systems and structures
  • Discussing current systems with staff and observing systems at all levels of organization
  • Directing clients towards more efficient organization and developing solutions to organizational problems
  • Undertaking and reviewing work studies by analysing existing and proposed methods and procedures such as administrative and clerical procedures
  • Recording and analysing organizations’ workflow charts, records, reports, manuals and job descriptions
  • Preparing and recommending proposals to revise methods and procedures, alter work flows, redefine job functions and resolve organizational problems
  • Assisting in implementing approved recommendations, issuing revised instructions and procedure manuals, and drafting other documentation
  • Reviewing operating procedures and advising of departures from procedures and standards

Finding management and organization analysts jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Business consultant".
  • 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. United Kingdom, closest UK occupation: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14 (median pay of full-time employees).
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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