Retail jobs in Austria: statistics
Open positions at employers whose main sector is Retail, in Austria, counted once a day from the employers' own careers pages, with the method.
Figures read on 13 November 2026 at 06:30.
Open positions over time
The history is still being recorded: the line appears after 14 days of tracking, with 9 days so far.
By week
| Last count | Open positions | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-12 | 877 | 52 |
| 2026-11-08 | 676 | 36 |
Counted every day since 2026-11-04. Each row is the last count of the week or month; the CSV has every day.
Who is doing the hiring
- Hartlauer126 · 14.4%
- Hervis122 · 13.9%
- Spar Österreich90 · 10.3%
- MPreis66 · 7.5%
- dm drogerie markt Österreich65 · 7.4%
- REWE Group Austria62 · 7.1%
- Landmarkt KG39 · 4.4%
- Hofer24 · 2.7%
- Ankerbrot23 · 2.6%
- Atrio22 · 2.5%
- All other employers238 · 27.1%
Each vacancy is assigned to exactly one employer.
Who is hiring: seniority and contract
By seniority
- Entry level565 · 81.2%
- Junior14 · 2%
- Mid level75 · 10.8%
- Senior4 · 0.6%
- Lead / Manager38 · 5.5%
By contract type
- Full-time426 · 60.3%
- Part-time231 · 32.7%
- Contract3 · 0.4%
- Temporary5 · 0.7%
- Internship41 · 5.8%
Shares are of the vacancies where a value was recorded: 79% of open vacancies for seniority and 81% for contract type. Seniority is classified from the text of the ad, so read small differences with caution.
Most-requested skills
- Kundenberatung94
- Verkauf81
- Beratung65
- Mode41
- Warenpräsentation38
- Kundenkontakt35
- Handwerkliches Geschick32
- Trends30
- Technisches Interesse29
- Augenoptik29
- Brillenanpassung28
- Kassiertätigkeiten28
- Sehtests27
- MS Office26
- Brillendesign22
- Service21
- Foto19
- Reparaturen19
- Handy19
- Lebensmittel17
Languages in demand
- German174 · 19.8%
- English35 · 4%
Open jobs by state
Many postings name only "Austria" or a place we cannot match to a state; about 7% of these jobs are not on the map.
By employer
Method
- Only positions published on the employer's own careers page; no agencies or job aggregators.
- Employer classified by its main sector (Retail); each position is counted once, under that sector.
- Located in Austria.
- The count is taken once a day, when the crawl has finished. It is the number of open positions at that moment.
Limits
- It counts open positions, not unique vacancies or positions that were filled.
- Employers without a readable careers page, or that block automated readers, are not included.
- The sector classification is Arbeitio's own, not an official one.