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Other Language Teachers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Other Language Teachers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 2353) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Intensive language teacher
  • Migrant education teacher
  • Practical language teacher
  • Second language teacher
8European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
6countries report a surplus
162open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
2353ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 8 European countries reported a shortage of other language teachers: Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and Poland. 6 reported a surplus: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece and Hungary. Bulgaria and Hungary appear in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest other language teachers 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 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

156 open ads

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

Where other language teachers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all professionals (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
DenmarkShortage€5,925 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
EstoniaShortage€2,262 a monthTallinn: €720
GermanyShortage€5,270 a monthBerlin: €1,350
ItalyShortage€3,172 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€4,726 a monthNot yet verified
PolandShortage€1,706 a monthWarsaw: €840
BulgariaShortage and surplus€1,367 a monthSofia: €650
HungaryShortage and surplus€1,795 a month *Budapest: €910
AustriaSurplus€4,602 a month *Vienna: €1,250
CyprusSurplus€2,809 a monthNicosia: €750
FinlandSurplus€4,673 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GreeceSurplus€1,904 a month *Athens: €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 other language teachers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What other language teachers do

Other language teachers teach non-native languages to adults and children who are learning a language for reasons of migration, to fulfil employment requirements or opportunities, to facilitate participation in educational programmes delivered in a foreign language, or for personal enrichment. They work outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems, or in support of students and teachers within those systems.

Typical tasks

  • Assessing the level of ability and the extent of language difficulties of students, and establishing students' needs and learning goals
  • Planning, preparing and delivering lessons and workshops for groups and individuals with content and rate of progression adapted to students’ abilities and needs
  • Designing and producing teaching materials and adapting existing materials
  • Assessing students' progress
  • Assisting students in classroom settings where subjects are taught in a language other than the students’ native language
  • Providing assistance to other teachers by designing special teaching programmes for students still learning the main language of instruction
  • Assigning and correcting work, and preparing and grading exams
  • Assessing, recording and reporting on students’ progress

Finding other language teachers 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 "Second language teacher".
  • 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:

CopenhagenTallinnBerlinRomeWarsawSofiaBudapest

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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