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
ICT intelligent systems designer
ESCO occupation · 22 essential, 57 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
use markup languages
ICT security legislation
natural language processing
manage database
develop creative ideas
manage ICT semantic integration
database development tools
web programming
resource description framework query language
principles of artificial intelligence
task algorithmisation
systems theory
assess ICT knowledge
analyse business requirements
design application interfaces
apply ICT systems theory
design process
systems development life-cycle
define technical requirements
design database scheme
information structure
business process modelling
Optional & specialised skills
information categorisation
PHP
Haskell
ASP.NET
R
VBScript
TypeScript
data models
information architecture
Groovy
manage ICT data classification
Scala
AJAX
business intelligence
manage business knowledge
Objective-C
N1QL
computer programming
information extraction
SAP R3
COBOL
SPARQL
data mining
JavaScript
Perl
unstructured data
CoffeeScript
Prolog (computer programming)
Pascal (computer programming)
Lisp
Ruby (computer programming)
Lean project management
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
LINQ
Visual Studio .NET
Process-based management
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Erlang
Microsoft Visual C++
SAS language
Scratch (computer programming)
deliver visual presentation of data
APL
build business relationships
Swift (computer programming)
Common Lisp
C#
Agile project management
visual presentation techniques
Python (computer programming)
C++
ML (computer programming)
ICT project management methodologies
ABAP
MATLAB
Java (computer programming)
Assembly (computer programming)
Other matches: mechatronics engineer · ICT system tester · ICT system architect · user interface designer · embedded system designer
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.