Most in-demand professions by number of active job postings

Updated 18/09/2026

Compare the most in-demand professions based on 1 025 958 active job offers in France.

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JobsCollector labour market statistics for France
101
Computer numerical control machine operator
Saint-Nazaire, Montaigu-Vendée, Fontenay-le-Comte, Herbignac, Marnaz, Besançon, Magland, Sallanches, Sèvremoine, Beignon, Belleville-en-Beaujolais, Chevrolière, Roche-sur-Yon, Issoudun, Achards
1 496 offers Minimum salary: 1 458 EUR Average salary: 2 156 EUR Maximum salary: 3 602 EUR
102
Construction painter
Roche-sur-Yon, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Cholet, Caen, Valence, Rennes, Mulhouse, Fontenay-le-Comte, Île-de-France, Toulouse, Laval, Reims, Angoulême, Montpellier, Rochelle
1 490 offers Minimum salary: 1 700 EUR Average salary: 2 132 EUR Maximum salary: 4 800 EUR
103
Coppersmith
Concarneau, Lille, Montpellier, Metz, Paris, Quimper, Angoulême, Nancy, Poitiers, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulon, Amiens, Dijon, Fréjus
1 488 offers Minimum salary: 504 EUR Average salary: 2 234 EUR Maximum salary: 3 526 EUR
104
Mathematics lecturer
Isère, France, Loire-Atlantique, Bouches-du-Rhône, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Hérault, Toulon, Var, Bordeaux, Haute-Garonne, Loire, Maine-et-Loire, Morbihan, Nord, Pas-de-Calais
1 476 offers Minimum salary: 989 EUR Average salary: 2 233 EUR Maximum salary: 6 800 EUR
105
Infantry soldier
Reims, Montauban, Montpellier, Toulouse, Albi, Beaupréau-en-Mauges, Caen, Lille, Saint-Flour, Strasbourg, Nîmes, Brignoles, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Chapelle-Saint-Luc, Ergué-Gabéric
1 473 offers Minimum salary: 1 400 EUR Average salary: 2 033 EUR Maximum salary: 5 000 EUR
106
Head chef
Paris, NICE, Paris 9e Arrondissement, PARIS, Toulouse, France, Marseille, Marseille 7e Arrondissement, Nantes, NANTES, Rennes, TOULOUSE, CHARTRES, Grenoble, Reims
1 468 offers Minimum salary: 865 EUR Average salary: 2 527 EUR Maximum salary: 7 133 EUR
107
Business manager
Paris 9e Arrondissement, Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon 5e Arrondissement, Lyon 1er Arrondissement, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille, Rouen, Dijon, Rennes, Aix-en-Provence, France, Montpellier
1 466 offers Minimum salary: 521 EUR Average salary: 3 249 EUR Maximum salary: 10 333 EUR
108
Child care workers
Toulouse, Nantes, Boulogne-Billancourt, Mulhouse, Paris, Paris 15e Arrondissement, Limoges, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Annemasse, Beaumont, Bordeaux, Rennes, Sarcelles, Villefranche-sur-Saône, BORDEAUX
1 447 offers Minimum salary: 747 EUR Average salary: 1 768 EUR Maximum salary: 10 833 EUR
109
Medical secretaries
Paris, Paris 9e Arrondissement, Lyon, Versailles, Contamine-sur-Arve, Mulhouse, Nantes, Antony, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Rennes, Annecy, Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, Levallois-Perret, Nancy
1 427 offers Minimum salary: 539 EUR Average salary: 1 657 EUR Maximum salary: 5 145 EUR
110
Electromechanical engineer
Toulouse, Dijon, France, Angers, Jeumont, Roche-sur-Yon, Annecy, Bordeaux, Caen, Nantes, Château-Thébaud, Île-de-France, Mâcon, Mulhouse, Nogent-sur-Seine
1 380 offers Minimum salary: 1 193 EUR Average salary: 2 527 EUR Maximum salary: 5 208 EUR
111
Chief operating officer
Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Saint-Denis, Nantes, Nice, Clermont-Ferrand, Mérignac, Orléans, Île-de-France, Strasbourg, Annecy, Bordeaux, France, Lyon 1er Arrondissement
1 370 offers Minimum salary: 500 EUR Average salary: 2 760 EUR Maximum salary: 9 167 EUR
112
Product quality controller
Toulouse, Saint-Nazaire, Bourges, Nantes, Aix-en-Provence, Montoir-de-Bretagne, Lambres-lez-Douai, Mazères, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Essarts-en-Bocage, Île-de-France, Mérignac, Reignier-Ésery…
1 345 offers Minimum salary: 1 478 EUR Average salary: 2 280 EUR Maximum salary: 7 583 EUR
113
Clinical psychologist
Bordeaux, France, Narbonne, Toulouse, Île-de-France, Libourne, Mayenne, Nice, Périgueux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Châteauroux, Lille, Lyon 5e Arrondissement, Maubeuge, Montpon-Ménestérol
1 330 offers Minimum salary: 346 EUR Average salary: 3 214 EUR Maximum salary: 14 583 EUR
114
Metallurgist
Toulouse, Herbiers, Clermont-Ferrand, Havre, Albi, Angoulême, Melun, Metz, Montpellier, Rochelle, Bordeaux, Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, France, Marseille
1 323 offers Minimum salary: 533 EUR Average salary: 2 420 EUR Maximum salary: 10 833 EUR
115
Battery maintenance technician
Paris, Toulouse, France, Grenoble, Strasbourg, Saint-Denis, Annecy, Nanterre, Roissy-en-France, Bourg-en-Bresse, Marseille, Nantes, Sucy-en-Brie, Vire Normandie, Créteil
1 320 offers Minimum salary: 833 EUR Average salary: 2 605 EUR Maximum salary: 12 160 EUR
116
University research assistant
Strasbourg, Lille, Nantes, Paris, Villeurbanne, Agde, Dijon, France, Limoges, LYON, Montpellier, Nancy, Toulouse, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand
1 307 offers Minimum salary: 468 EUR Average salary: 2 067 EUR Maximum salary: 6 062 EUR
117
Engineering assistant
Paris, France, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nanterre, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Nantes, Ivry-sur-Seine, Lille, PARIS, Paris 1er Arrondissement, Fay-de-Bretagne, Levallois-Perret, Rennes, Strasbourg
1 251 offers Minimum salary: 447 EUR Average salary: 2 222 EUR Maximum salary: 6 458 EUR
118
Education programme coordinator
Paris, PARIS, MONTPELLIER, Metz, Saint-Denis, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, BESANCON, Bobigny, Limoges
1 244 offers Minimum salary: 375 EUR Average salary: 2 279 EUR Maximum salary: 6 459 EUR
119
Financial manager
Paris, Paris 9e Arrondissement, Toulouse, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lyon, Versailles, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, PARIS, Aix-en-Provence, Caen, Havre, Montpellier
1 241 offers Minimum salary: 375 EUR Average salary: 3 998 EUR Maximum salary: 14 583 EUR
120
Management assistant
Paris 9e Arrondissement, Paris, Orléans, PARIS, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, Toulouse, Dijon, Nanterre, Strasbourg, France, Lorient, Bordeaux, Cannes, Grenoble
1 207 offers Minimum salary: 400 EUR Average salary: 2 473 EUR Maximum salary: 6 250 EUR

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