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