Cataleg D ocupacions capçalera

Breadcrumb

Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Hawker

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Car-boot sale trader Costermonger Hawker Indoor market trader Licensed hawker Market stall trader Market trader Outdoor market trader Peddler Stall holder Stallholder Street hawker Street seller Street trader Street vendor

Hawkers sell goods and services on established routes, street and market locations.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Buying or receiving items for sale, or making simple items;
(b) Loading and unloading baskets, trays, push-carts, bicycles, hand-trucks or other vehicles, to transport goods to the streets or public places such as stations or cinemas;
(c) Displaying goods or calling out to attract customer’s attention;
(d) Approaching potential customers on streets, or by going from house to house, to offer goods for sale;
(e) Receiving immediate payment.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)
  • Food processing
  • Electronics and automation

Digital competencies

  • Selling products or services
  • Executing financial transactions
  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Maintaining and enforcing physical security
  • Using more than one language

Digital competencies

  • Creating visual displays and decorations

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Supporting others
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Street and related sales and service workers

Street vendors (excluding food)

Street vendors (excluding food)

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Street vendors (excluding food)

165

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

58,30%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

153,85% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

69,70%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

21,21%

Part-time contracts

1,08% Turnover index

10

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

22%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Street and related sales and service workers

72%

28%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Street and related sales and service workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Street vendors (excluding food)

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Street vendors (excluding food)

No experience
25%
Less than 1 year
12%
Between 1 and 2 years
23%
Between 2 and 4 years
19%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
17%
Administrative and support service activities
41%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
33%
Information and communication
9%
Other service activities
5%
Manufacturing
5%
Others
7%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.