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 project manager
ESCO occupation · 20 essential, 40 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
perform risk analysis
internal risk management policy
perform resource planning
coach employees
train employees
identify legal requirements
ICT project management
estimate duration of work
provide cost benefit analysis reports
recruit employees
quality standards
manage project information
perform project management
build business relationships
manage ICT project
manage budgets
ICT project management methodologies
create project specifications
manage staff
apply conflict management
Optional & specialised skills
DevOps
define technical requirements
implement ICT risk management
develop information standards
Incremental development
Iterative development
software architecture models
crowdsourcing strategy
provide technical documentation
ICT system user requirements
maintain relationship with suppliers
document management
ICT process quality models
Open source model
legal requirements of ICT products
Lean project management
quality assurance methodologies
Agile project management
Agile development
outsourcing strategy
software design methodologies
service-oriented modelling
use ICT ticketing system
apply organisational techniques
SaaS (service-oriented modelling)
Prototyping development
apply change management
Waterfall development
systems development life-cycle
object-oriented modelling
manage localisation
insourcing strategy
execute ICT audits
Rapid application development
Hybrid model
apply procurement
Spiral development
Outsourcing model
create solutions to problems
Process-based management
Other matches: project manager · software manager · telecommunications manager · rail project engineer · games development manager
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.