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
webmaster
ESCO occupation · 17 essential, 62 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
use ICT ticketing system
use software libraries
apply tools for content development
web programming
use markup languages
proxy servers
troubleshoot website
quality assurance methodologies
style sheet languages
apply ICT system usage policies
maintain responsive design
graphics editor software
use scripting programming
implement front-end website design
study website behaviour patterns
authoring software
maintain ICT server
Optional & specialised skills
Smalltalk (computer programming)
AJAX
Ruby (computer programming)
information security strategy
ICT debugging tools
Groovy
CSS
conduct search engine optimisation
Scala
MATLAB
Sass
Scratch (computer programming)
ML (computer programming)
Adobe Photoshop
Visual Studio .NET
JSSS
online analytical processing
web analytics
Java (computer programming)
manage online content
VBScript
Adobe Illustrator
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
data models
JavaScript
Prolog (computer programming)
GIMP (graphics editor software)
C++
ICT recovery techniques
Pascal (computer programming)
Python (computer programming)
COBOL
enhance website visibility
Haskell
CoffeeScript
Assembly (computer programming)
C#
computer programming
Lisp
Microsoft Visual C++
Microsoft Visio
Common Lisp
TypeScript
Objective-C
LESS
World Wide Web Consortium standards
Swift (computer programming)
ABAP
SAS language
Synfig
R
Erlang
PHP
ASP.NET
system backup best practice
Perl
APL
manage changes in ICT system
cyber security
ICT performance analysis methods
SketchBook Pro
SAP R3
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.