Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
Software developer
Data analyst
Web developer
Network engineer
Database administrator
Accountant
Registered nurse
Electrician
Civil engineer
Graphic designer
ICT network administrator
ESCO occupation · 27 essential, 56 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
apply ICT system usage policies
ICT system programming
cloud technologies
solution deployment
ICT network routing
install electronic communication equipment
forecast future ICT network needs
manage email hosting service
adjust ICT system capacity
manage ICT virtualisation machines
implement ICT network diagnostic tools
procurement of ICT network equipment
ICT network security risks
maintain internet protocol configuration
network management system tools
ICT performance analysis methods
analyse network bandwidth requirements
perform backups
design computer network
define firewall rules
internet governance
ICT security legislation
interpret technical texts
integrate system components
provide technical documentation
quality assurance methodologies
computer programming
Optional & specialised skills
CoffeeScript
TypeScript
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
Scala
Haskell
Objective-C
Prolog (computer programming)
Perl
JavaScript
ML (computer programming)
organisational policies
Python (computer programming)
COBOL
provide technical training
Pascal (computer programming)
SAS language
AJAX
VBScript
Assembly (computer programming)
utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
Lisp
acquire system component
ICT system user requirements
optimise choice of ICT solution
SAP R3
Erlang
provide ICT system training
mobile operating systems
Ruby (computer programming)
Swift (computer programming)
Windows Phone
MATLAB
R
execute ICT audits
Visual Studio .NET
C++
Java (computer programming)
iOS
Cisco
Groovy
ASP.NET
BlackBerry
Smalltalk (computer programming)
ABAP
install signal repeaters
Android (mobile operating systems)
PHP
maintain ICT server
C#
apply system organisational policies
prepare licence agreements
Scratch (computer programming)
APL
proxy servers
Common Lisp
Microsoft Visual C++
Other matches: ICT system administrator · ICT security administrator · ICT network technician · ICT network architect · ICT network engineer
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.