Germany Shortage Occupation List

Germany over the past few years, has faced acute shortage of skilled professionals and to overcome the shortage, Germany has listed out a shortage occupation list, highlighting the need of these listed professionals in Germany.

Immigrating to Germany as a skilled professional through the Germany opportunity Card and working there as a professional for a period of one year, non- EU nationals often find ways to settle as permanent residents of Germany. Applicants with opportunity card can obtain Germany EU Blue Card by securing employment in one of these listed occupations.

 Group 132

132  Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers

1321 Manufacturing managers

1322 Mining managers

1323 Construction managers

1324 Supply, distribution and related managers

 Group 133

133  Information and communications technology service managers

1330 Information and communications technology service managers 

Group 134

134 Professional services managers

1341 Childcare services managers

1342 Health services managers

1343 Aged care services managers

1344 Social welfare managers

1345 Education managers

1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers

1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified

 Group 21

21 Science and engineering professionals

211. Physical and earth science professionals

2111 Physicists and astronomers

2112 Meteorologists

2113 Chemists

2114 Geologists und geophysicists

212. Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

 213. Life science professionals

2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals 2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers

2133 Environmental protection professionals

 214. Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)

2141 Industrial and production engineers

2142 Civil engineers

2143 Environmental engineers

2144 Mechanical engineers

2145 Chemical engineers

2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals 2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified

 215. Electrotechnology engineers

2151 Electrical engineers

2152 Electronics engineers

2153 Telecommunications engineers

 216. Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

2161 Building architects

2162 Landscape architects

2163 Product and garment designers

2164 Town and traffic planners

2165 Cartographers and surveyors

2166 Graphic and multimedia designers

 Group 221

221 Medical doctors

2211 Generalist medical practitioners

2212 Specialist medical practitioners

 Group 222

222 Nursing and midwifery professionals

2221 Nursing professionals

2222 Midwifery professionals

 Group 225

225 Veterinarians

2250 Veterinarians

 Group 226

226 Other health professionals

2261 Dentists

2262 Pharmacists

2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals

2264 Physiotherapists

2265 Dieticians and nutritionists

2266 Audiologists and speech therapists

2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians

2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified

Group 23

23 Teaching professionals

231. University and higher education teachers

2310 University and higher education teachers 

232. Vocational education teachers

2320 Vocational education teachers 

233. Secondary education teachers

2330 Secondary education teachers 

234. Primary school and early childhood teachers

2341 Primary school teachers

2342 Early childhood educators 

235. Other teaching professionals

2351 Education methods specialists

2352 Special needs teachers

2353 Other language teachers

2354 Other music teachers

2355 Other arts teachers

2356 Information technology trainers

2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 

Group 25

25 Information and communications technology professionals

251. Software and applications developers and analysts

2511 Systems analysts

2512 Software developers

2513 Web and multimedia developers

2514 Application programmers

2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified 

252. Database and network professionals

2521 Database designers and administrators

2522 Systems administrators

2523 Computer network professionals

2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified