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
mobile devices technician
ESCO occupation · 16 essential, 56 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
identify ICT security risks
ensure proper document management
electronics principles
solve ICT system problems
implement ICT recovery system
perform backups
repair mobile devices
distributed directory information services
monitor technology trends
mobile operating systems
use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs
repair ICT devices
disassemble mobile devices
maintain electronic equipment
use repair manuals
ICT system user requirements
Optional & specialised skills
Common Lisp
MATLAB
Visual Studio .NET
APL
C++
create solutions to problems
COBOL
Erlang
Groovy
SAS language
mobile device management
Prolog (computer programming)
use different communication channels
CoffeeScript
Scala
Lisp
Ruby (computer programming)
Assembly (computer programming)
VBScript
ASP.NET
Smalltalk (computer programming)
computer programming
software components suppliers
Scratch (computer programming)
Android (mobile operating systems)
ICT market
Haskell
PHP
assist customers
hardware components suppliers
Windows Phone
ABAP
ML (computer programming)
SAP R3
Objective-C
TypeScript
C#
mobile device software frameworks
R
ICT debugging tools
manage localisation
Swift (computer programming)
Perl
hardware components
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
software components libraries
BlackBerry
use precision tools
AJAX
JavaScript
operate recycling processing equipment
Java (computer programming)
Python (computer programming)
iOS
Pascal (computer programming)
embedded systems
Other matches: vehicle glazier · mobile phone repair technician · telecommunication equipment shop manager · telecommunications equipment specialised seller · industrial mobile devices software developer
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.