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
system configurator
ESCO occupation · 14 essential, 75 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
develop automated migration methods
migrate existing data
analyse software specifications
create flowchart diagram
ICT performance analysis methods
configure ICT system
interpret technical texts
ICT system user requirements
cognitive psychology
integrate system components
ICT infrastructure
replicate customer software issues
service-oriented modelling
collect customer feedback on applications
Optional & specialised skills
use logic programming
ML (computer programming)
SAP R3
embedded systems
use ICT ticketing system
APL
CoffeeScript
ABAP
Groovy
computer programming
Hybrid model
Common Lisp
define technical requirements
ObjectStore
Perl
Visual Studio .NET
Pascal (computer programming)
JavaScript
Erlang
Microsoft Access
information architecture
OpenEdge Database
ASP.NET
Scala
mobile device software frameworks
MATLAB
C#
SQL Server
ICT power consumption
VBScript
ICT accessibility standards
Open source model
SaaS (service-oriented modelling)
Scratch (computer programming)
Smalltalk (computer programming)
MySQL
Prolog (computer programming)
SAS language
COBOL
ICT architectural frameworks
hardware components
data storage
Objective-C
R
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
database management systems
C++
Ruby (computer programming)
solution deployment
ICT system integration
IBM Informix
Assembly (computer programming)
Microsoft Visual C++
Oracle Relational Database
Java (computer programming)
Lisp
Outsourcing model
Swift (computer programming)
cloud technologies
Haskell
hardware architectures
Teradata Database
CA Datacom/DB
AJAX
TypeScript
Python (computer programming)
interfacing techniques
ICT debugging tools
PostgreSQL
DB2
create solutions to problems
PHP
software architecture models
software components libraries
Filemaker (database management systems)
Other matches: ethical hacker · ICT application configurator · database administrator · ICT system administrator · 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.