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
telecommunications engineering technician
ESCO occupation · 23 essential, 50 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
install monitors for process control
organisational policies
ICT communications protocols
ICT system user requirements
operate electronic measuring instruments
manage changes in ICT system
electromagnetism
use scripting programming
interpret technical texts
direct inward dialing
analog electronics theory
use session border controller
support ICT system users
apply system organisational policies
manage system testing
electronics principles
manage system security
microwave principles
apply ICT system usage policies
calibrate electronic instruments
quality assurance methodologies
integrate system components
upgrade firmware
Optional & specialised skills
SAP R3
ICT system programming
maintain telephony system
R
CoffeeScript
Visual Studio .NET
SAS language
Erlang
JavaScript
telecommunication trunking
Objective-C
meet deadlines
Java (computer programming)
Perl
AJAX
Ruby (computer programming)
PHP
solder electronics
provide cost benefit analysis reports
COBOL
procurement of ICT network equipment
Python (computer programming)
Cisco
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Groovy
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
computer programming
Pascal (computer programming)
solve ICT system problems
ML (computer programming)
TypeScript
C++
MATLAB
Microsoft Visual C++
operate private branch exchange
Haskell
Swift (computer programming)
execute ICT audits
APL
Common Lisp
Prolog (computer programming)
ABAP
Lisp
C#
Scala
Assembly (computer programming)
VBScript
ASP.NET
Scratch (computer programming)
provide technical documentation
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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.