Which industries are expanding in Germany? LinkedIn has compiled a new “Jobs in Trend” list revealing which positions have become more common in the past three years.

Which industries are looking for employees in Germany?

LinkedIn’s 2025 "Jobs in Trend" list has revealed which positions companies in Germany are increasingly looking to fill. To compile the list, LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Team looked at millions of new positions LinkedIn users took up between January 1, 2022, and July 31, 2024. 

Positions had to meet several further criteria to be included in the ranking, and internships, voluntary positions or student jobs were not considered. The ranking listed “energy manager” (alternatively listed under the job titles “energy specialist” or “energy consultant”) as the most frequently filled new job of the past three years in Germany.

“Business process owner”, alternatively listed as a “business process consultant” or “business process analyst” was the second most common position taken up in Germany in the past three years. LinkedIn described the tasks of a “business process owner” as “developing, administering and optimising the business processes of their organisation and harmonising them with business goals”. 

The third most commonly filled position in the past three years was “employer branding managers”, responsible for “developing and improving the company brand” to “recruit or retain talent and employees”. 

Men dominate six out of 10 fastest-growing positions

LinkedIn also gathered information about the gender of employees filling the fastest-growing positions in Germany in the past three years. Of the top 10 roles companies were looking to fill, six positions were dominated by men.

Over 80 percent of energy manager, AI developer, cybersecurity developer and software developer positions were filled by men. Men filled 79 percent of supply quality engineer jobs and 59 percent of business process owner jobs. 

Women dominated in positions in HR development (87 percent women), as employer branding managers (86 percent), travel advisors (61 percent) and sustainability managers (61 percent).

Germany’s worker shortage continues unabated across industries

While LinkedIn’s ranking suggests tech and other white-collar jobs dominate the most commonly filled positions, Germany’s unabated worker shortage means that almost every industry is looking for employees. Construction, teaching, childcare, social work, elderly and nursing care, healthcare and IT are among the worst affected by the shortage.

Despite Germany’s outgoing coalition government introducing several schemes enticing overseas workers to fill skill gaps, such as the Chancenkarte, economists warn ailing economic growth could fall to 0 unless more migrant workers are welcomed.

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) predicts that 4,7 million existing employees will leave the labour force between 2024 and 2028 as baby boomers retire. Previous assessments predict that Germany must welcome around 400.000 foreign workers annually to avoid seeing the DIW’s economic predictions materialise.

10 fastest-growing jobs in Germany in 2025

1. Energy manager
2. Business process owner
3. Employer branding manager
4. Travel advisor
5. Sustainability manager
6. AI developer
7. Supplier quality engineer
8. HR development
9. Cybersecurity developer
10. Software developer

Read the full list of LinkedIn's 25 fastest-growing jobs in Germany in 2025.

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