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
webmaster
ESCO occupation · 17 essential, 62 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
style sheet languages
troubleshoot website
quality assurance methodologies
maintain responsive design
apply tools for content development
authoring software
implement front-end website design
proxy servers
apply ICT system usage policies
graphics editor software
use ICT ticketing system
use software libraries
web programming
use markup languages
maintain ICT server
use scripting programming
study website behaviour patterns
Optional & specialised skills
information security strategy
SAP R3
Groovy
data models
manage changes in ICT system
computer programming
Visual Studio .NET
Synfig
manage online content
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
ML (computer programming)
Erlang
World Wide Web Consortium standards
JavaScript
COBOL
C++
Ruby (computer programming)
Swift (computer programming)
ABAP
ICT debugging tools
R
SketchBook Pro
LESS
ICT recovery techniques
Objective-C
AJAX
web analytics
Python (computer programming)
GIMP (graphics editor software)
ASP.NET
PHP
TypeScript
conduct search engine optimisation
Lisp
enhance website visibility
Pascal (computer programming)
Microsoft Visual C++
Java (computer programming)
Common Lisp
CoffeeScript
Scala
APL
CSS
VBScript
Scratch (computer programming)
cyber security
MATLAB
Microsoft Visio
Haskell
online analytical processing
Prolog (computer programming)
Assembly (computer programming)
ICT performance analysis methods
SAS language
C#
system backup best practice
JSSS
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
Perl
Smalltalk (computer programming)
Sass
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.