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 system architect
ESCO occupation · 19 essential, 59 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
design enterprise architecture
apply ICT systems theory
systems theory
define technical requirements
create data models
web programming
business process modelling
hardware platforms
align software with system architectures
manage system testing
design information system
assess ICT knowledge
manage database
analyse business requirements
use markup languages
acquire system component
integrate system components
systems development life-cycle
database development tools
Optional & specialised skills
Python (computer programming)
build business relationships
apply technical communication skills
TypeScript
Common Lisp
information structure
APL
design process
COBOL
Assembly (computer programming)
ICT project management methodologies
Prolog (computer programming)
ICT system programming
task algorithmisation
design database scheme
Scala
manage staff
Haskell
perform resource planning
JavaScript
Visual Studio .NET
Perl
Agile project management
Swift (computer programming)
C++
VBScript
ML (computer programming)
Lean project management
ASP.NET
provide technical documentation
Ruby (computer programming)
PHP
provide cost benefit analysis reports
computer programming
solve ICT system problems
use object-oriented programming
ICT system integration
Microsoft Visual C++
CoffeeScript
Pascal (computer programming)
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Java (computer programming)
ICT process quality models
SAS language
ICT security legislation
MATLAB
Process-based management
AJAX
ABAP
manage standards for data exchange
R
Erlang
C#
Lisp
Scratch (computer programming)
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
Groovy
Objective-C
SAP R3
Other matches: ICT network architect · software architect · enterprise architect · data warehouse designer · ICT system developer
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.