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 games designer
ESCO occupation · 17 essential, 69 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
use markup languages
manage online content
digital game genres
specify digital game scenes
task algorithmisation
analyse business requirements
formulate game rules
create digital game characters
design graphics
define technical requirements
compose digital game story
digital game creation systems
web programming
create concept of digital game
systems development life-cycle
design process
create software design
Optional & specialised skills
C++
animate 3D organic forms
CryEngine
SAS language
Rapid application development
computer programming
MATLAB
Lisp
Spiral development
Unreal Engine
DevOps
ABAP
3D texturing
Prolog (computer programming)
create 3D environments
Iterative development
Waterfall development
Perl
CoffeeScript
software design methodologies
SAP R3
PHP
ICT performance analysis methods
software interaction design
hardware platforms
Source (digital game creation systems)
application usability
R
Unity (digital game creation systems)
APL
Assembly (computer programming)
Pascal (computer programming)
create 3D characters
apply 3D imaging techniques
Swift (computer programming)
operate 3D computer graphics software
Microsoft Visual C++
Agile development
VBScript
Java (computer programming)
ML (computer programming)
C#
AJAX
3D lighting
TypeScript
Frostbite (digital game creation systems)
Erlang
id Tech
JavaScript
Haskell
manage localisation
Scratch (computer programming)
Ruby (computer programming)
Python (computer programming)
estimate duration of work
perform resource planning
Scala
principles of animation
Common Lisp
Smalltalk (computer programming)
ASP.NET
Incremental development
Groovy
OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
ICT security legislation
Objective-C
COBOL
Visual Studio .NET
Prototyping development
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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.