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
digital media designer
ESCO occupation · 16 essential, 72 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
graphics editor software
create website wireframe
use markup languages
authoring software
manage online content
publishing strategy
web programming
perform image editing
copyright legislation
style sheet languages
provide multimedia content
tools for software configuration management
integrate content into output media
design graphics
task algorithmisation
convert into animated object
Optional & specialised skills
Lisp
CSS
SAP R3
Assembly (computer programming)
MATLAB
computer programming
LESS
audio editing software
multimedia systems
CoffeeScript
ABAP
Prolog (computer programming)
Microsoft Visio
Python (computer programming)
build business relationships
JSSS
Adobe Photoshop
Groovy
Apache Maven
STAF
Ansible
ICT software specifications
ASP.NET
Ruby (computer programming)
Jenkins (tools for software configuration management)
GIMP (graphics editor software)
Haskell
PHP
VBScript
Perl
Adobe Illustrator
3D printing process
AJAX
take pictures
Common Lisp
SAS language
R
TypeScript
Swift (computer programming)
Scratch (computer programming)
Synfig
Visual Studio .NET
define technical requirements
Pascal (computer programming)
Microsoft Visual C++
Erlang
visual presentation techniques
Objective-C
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
perform online data analysis
perform resource planning
C#
SketchBook Pro
conduct content quality assurance
Smalltalk (computer programming)
use content management system software
edit recorded sound
analyse business requirements
Scala
Sass
give live presentation
COBOL
APL
ML (computer programming)
perform video editing
Puppet (tools for software configuration management)
apply technical communication skills
JavaScript
Java (computer programming)
Salt (tools for software configuration management)
C++
study media sources
Other matches: digital artist · digital games designer · advertising media planner · online community manager · digital printer
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.