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
data warehouse designer
ESCO occupation · 26 essential, 73 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
define technical requirements
manage standards for data exchange
manage database
ICT security legislation
web programming
migrate existing data
analyse business requirements
information structure
database management systems
data warehouse
design database scheme
operate relational database management system
database
assess ICT knowledge
business process modelling
create software design
database development tools
develop automated migration methods
apply ICT systems theory
systems theory
write database documentation
query languages
create data sets
create database diagrams
use markup languages
resource description framework query language
Optional & specialised skills
PHP
Filemaker (database management systems)
Prolog (computer programming)
design user interface
Groovy
R
Common Lisp
Process-based management
product data management
perform resource planning
C++
apply technical communication skills
ML (computer programming)
Microsoft Access
OpenEdge Database
AJAX
perform data analysis
respond to customers' inquiries
TypeScript
Microsoft Visual C++
Swift (computer programming)
unstructured data
APL
DB2
use access control software
Lisp
COBOL
ICT project management methodologies
Ruby (computer programming)
MDX
data models
SAS language
Smalltalk (computer programming)
SQL Server
ABAP
Assembly (computer programming)
Java (computer programming)
N1QL
VBScript
C#
Erlang
Python (computer programming)
computer programming
Haskell
develop reporting software
IBM Informix
Lean project management
Scratch (computer programming)
Oracle Relational Database
LINQ
ASP.NET
SAP R3
JavaScript
define database physical structure
SPARQL
design database backup specifications
ObjectStore
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
LDAP
Objective-C
Perl
CoffeeScript
CA Datacom/DB
Pascal (computer programming)
MATLAB
XQuery
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Scala
build business relationships
Agile project management
Visual Studio .NET
Teradata Database
Other matches: database designer · data analyst · automotive designer · ICT intelligent systems designer · raw materials warehouse specialist
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.