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
digital media designer
ESCO occupation · 16 essential, 72 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
publishing strategy
web programming
convert into animated object
task algorithmisation
perform image editing
provide multimedia content
manage online content
create website wireframe
style sheet languages
integrate content into output media
use markup languages
design graphics
copyright legislation
graphics editor software
authoring software
tools for software configuration management
Optional & specialised skills
SAS language
Ruby (computer programming)
ICT software specifications
Ansible
Adobe Illustrator
Common Lisp
Sass
perform video editing
computer programming
edit recorded sound
CoffeeScript
C++
Apache Maven
Swift (computer programming)
Prolog (computer programming)
perform resource planning
Groovy
GIMP (graphics editor software)
visual presentation techniques
Objective-C
Synfig
Microsoft Visual C++
Java (computer programming)
Visual Studio .NET
Haskell
CSS
SketchBook Pro
Jenkins (tools for software configuration management)
apply technical communication skills
analyse business requirements
Scratch (computer programming)
ASP.NET
Assembly (computer programming)
C#
Scala
JSSS
R
3D printing process
use content management system software
give live presentation
Python (computer programming)
STAF
PHP
Pascal (computer programming)
ABAP
build business relationships
COBOL
MATLAB
Microsoft Visio
audio editing software
VBScript
SAP R3
ML (computer programming)
LESS
Adobe Photoshop
define technical requirements
TypeScript
APL
Salt (tools for software configuration management)
Erlang
multimedia systems
Perl
JavaScript
Puppet (tools for software configuration management)
Lisp
perform online data analysis
conduct content quality assurance
study media sources
take pictures
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
AJAX
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Other matches: digital artist · digital games designer · advertising media planner · online community manager · digital printer
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.