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
database developer
ESCO occupation · 18 essential, 80 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
database management systems
data extraction, transformation and loading tools
database development tools
write database documentation
identify customer requirements
test ICT queries
data quality assessment
apply information security policies
perform backups
resource description framework query language
create data models
interpret technical texts
data storage
query languages
collect customer feedback on applications
report analysis results
balance database resources
estimate duration of work
Optional & specialised skills
TypeScript
Microsoft Access
CA Datacom/DB
MDX
SAS language
ObjectStore
Perl
create solutions to problems
Python (computer programming)
DB2
integrate system components
Lisp
ML (computer programming)
hardware architectures
Haskell
ICT power consumption
Teradata Database
N1QL
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Objective-C
C#
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
execute ICT audits
execute integration testing
perform data mining
Common Lisp
Oracle Data Integrator
Filemaker (database management systems)
Informatica PowerCenter
execute software tests
SAP Data Services
Erlang
Pascal (computer programming)
PHP
ABAP
Groovy
Scratch (computer programming)
LINQ
Ruby (computer programming)
ASP.NET
PostgreSQL
Java (computer programming)
Visual Studio .NET
R
Prolog (computer programming)
IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Pentaho Data Integration
IBM Informix
Microsoft Visual C++
ICT infrastructure
identify ICT security risks
use software design patterns
Assembly (computer programming)
AJAX
VBScript
MySQL
QlikView Expressor
manage business knowledge
computer programming
C++
Swift (computer programming)
APL
LDAP
verify formal ICT specifications
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
COBOL
SPARQL
MATLAB
CoffeeScript
execute analytical mathematical calculations
address problems critically
Oracle Warehouse Builder
XQuery
OpenEdge Database
JavaScript
SQL Server
Scala
Oracle Relational Database
SAP R3
SQL Server Integration Services
Other matches: database integrator · property developer · database administrator · user interface developer · 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.