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
telecommunications engineering technician
ESCO occupation · 23 essential, 50 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
organisational policies
apply system organisational policies
use session border controller
interpret technical texts
apply ICT system usage policies
analog electronics theory
upgrade firmware
ICT communications protocols
integrate system components
electromagnetism
operate electronic measuring instruments
manage system testing
calibrate electronic instruments
direct inward dialing
manage changes in ICT system
electronics principles
ICT system user requirements
quality assurance methodologies
install monitors for process control
support ICT system users
use scripting programming
manage system security
microwave principles
Optional & specialised skills
execute ICT audits
provide cost benefit analysis reports
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
Scratch (computer programming)
provide technical documentation
Common Lisp
Swift (computer programming)
Visual Studio .NET
operate private branch exchange
Ruby (computer programming)
ML (computer programming)
computer programming
telecommunication trunking
Objective-C
C#
Java (computer programming)
procurement of ICT network equipment
maintain telephony system
AJAX
ASP.NET
Pascal (computer programming)
SAP R3
APL
solve ICT system problems
Scala
COBOL
VBScript
C++
Smalltalk (computer programming)
ICT system programming
Lisp
Haskell
CoffeeScript
ABAP
MATLAB
Python (computer programming)
Assembly (computer programming)
Erlang
Microsoft Visual C++
meet deadlines
solder electronics
R
Groovy
TypeScript
Prolog (computer programming)
Perl
SAS language
JavaScript
Cisco
PHP
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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.