Stock Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Stock Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4321) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Dispatch clerk (stock)
  • Freight clerk
  • Stock clerk
  • Storeroom clerk
  • Weighing clerk
7European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
9countries report a surplus
19,568open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4321ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 7 European countries reported a shortage of stock clerks: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Slovenia. 9 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden. Belgium appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest stock clerks 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

18,697 open ads
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    AUREA GmbH · Düsseldorf · Posted 2026-10-17
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    Fassbender Tenten GmbH & Co. KG · Düsseldorf · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    MESSKO GMBH · Oberursel (Taunus) · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    Mega Company Ahlbrandt Elektro-Fachmarkt GmbH · Lauterbach (Hessen) · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    O-P-S Outputmanagement Personalservice GmbH · München · Posted 2026-10-16
  • Warehouse worker
    German title: Lagerist
    Faßbender Tenten GmbH & Co. KG · Düsseldorf · Posted 2026-10-16

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

871 open ads

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

Where stock clerks are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
DenmarkShortage€4,448 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€3,126 a monthNot yet verified
PolandShortage€1,099 a monthWarsaw: €840
RomaniaShortage€981 a month *Not yet verified
SloveniaShortage€1,756 a monthLjubljana: €950
BelgiumShortage and surplus€3,683 a month *Brussels: €1,150
AustriaSurplus€3,108 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BulgariaSurplus€667 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaSurplus€1,301 a monthPrague: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€2,959 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
LatviaSurplus€1,275 a monthRiga: €870
LuxembourgSurplus€4,385 a month *Luxembourg: €1,900
PortugalSurplus€1,198 a month *Lisbon: €1,400
SwedenSurplus€3,107 a month *Stockholm: €2,100

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

What stock clerks do

Stock clerks maintain records of goods produced and production materials received, weighed, issued, dispatched or put into stock.

Typical tasks

  • Arranging and controlling receipt and dispatch of goods and keeping relevant records
  • Maintaining stock records, verifying issue of goods, estimating needs and making requisitions of new stocks
  • Receiving, storing and issuing tools, spare parts, or various equipment and maintaining relevant records
  • Weighing goods received or produced, or for issue or dispatch and maintaining relevant records
  • Compiling inventories of furniture and other items received for storage

Finding stock clerks jobs in Europe

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