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Information manager

Also called documentalist, knowledge manager, information officer

Information managers are responsible for systems that provide information to people. They assure access to the information in different work environments (public or private) based on theoretical principles and hands-on capabilities in storing, retrieving and communicating information.

Will there be jobs?Average prospects33 jobs to fill by 2035 for every 100 people doing this work today.Legal, social and cultural professionalsWhat does it pay?Above averageFrom about €1,800 (Bulgaria) to €8,800 (Luxembourg) a month, depending on the country.Estimate · Legal, social and cultural professionalsWhat do I need to study?Usually a degree9 in 10 have a degree.Legal, social and cultural professionalsWill AI change it?SignificantlyLevel 5 of 6. AI could take on part of most tasks, but none fully.Librarians and related information professionals · ILO

What you'd do

Librarians and related information professionals · ILO
  • Organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material
  • Selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material
  • Organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material
  • Managing library borrowing and interlibrary loan facilities and information networks
  • Retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems
  • Conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs
  • Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information
  • Preparing scholarly papers and reports
  • Performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials
Manage information access aidsPerform customer managementDevelop solutions to information issuesManage digital librariesAssess informational needs+ 9 more essential skills
What the work is like
  • Indoors
  • Sitting most of the day
  • Lots of contact with people, including the public
  • Good freedom to decide
  • Usually 40 hours a week
  • Deadlines now and then
  • Some repetitive tasks
US data: based on the O*NET profile of the similar US job "Archivists"

Will there be jobs?

Average prospects

A typical number of jobs will need filling by 2035.

People working as legal, social and cultural professionals in the EU
5.41m6.54m7.02m 201520232035

Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.

Jobs to fill, 2026–2035
354,000 new jobs 1,872,000 replacing leavers
Jobs to fill per 100 people working now
Legal, social and cultural professionals33
All jobs29
Right now
1 of 27 countries report a shortage of librarians and related information professionals, 6 a surplus.
Librarians and related information professionals · EURES

What does it pay?

Above average

Pay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,800 a month (Bulgaria) to €8,800 (Luxembourg), before tax.

Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.

Among professionals in the EU, women earn 21% less per hour than men. Professionals · Eurostat

What do I need to study?

Usually a degree

A degree in work skills is the usual route.

Highest qualification of legal, social and cultural professionals (EU, 2025)
Degree 87%Vocational 6%General secondary 5%Basic schooling 2%
Field that teaches it
Work skills
Vocational route, EU
3 in 10 trainees in this field
Business and law graduates in a matching job
66% in the EU

1,314 institutions in the EU offer business and law bachelor's degrees. Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.

Will AI change it?

Significantly

AI could take on part of most tasks, but none fully.

How exposed is this job? ILO scale
Very low
Low
Some tasks
Moderate
Significant
High

Average task score 0.55 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).

See the score for each of the 9 tasks
Performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials0.61
Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information0.61
Retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems0.56
Preparing scholarly papers and reports0.55
Organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material0.55
Conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs0.55
Organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material0.54
Selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material0.51
Managing library borrowing and interlibrary loan facilities and information networks0.50

Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for librarians and related information professionals. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).