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