# Competences — software analyst

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/04ba4d6c-957d-417f-bf63-5b9e015a9f86).

## Essential

- **analyse business processes** (skill/competence)
- **business requirements techniques** (knowledge)
- **create data models** (skill/competence)
- **create software design** (skill/competence)
- **data models** (knowledge)
- **define software architecture** (skill/competence)
- **define technical requirements** (skill/competence)
- **design information system** (skill/competence)
- **develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements** (skill/competence)
- **develop software prototype** (skill/competence)
- **execute feasibility study** (skill/competence)
- **ICT system user requirements** (knowledge)
- **identify ICT user needs** (skill/competence)
- **interact with users to gather requirements** (skill/competence)
- **legal requirements of ICT products** (knowledge)
- **manage ICT legacy implication** (skill/competence)
- **software architecture models** (knowledge)
- **software design methodologies** (knowledge)
- **translate requirements into visual design** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- Agile development (knowledge)
- Agile project management (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- analyse ICT system (skill/competence)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- core banking software (knowledge)
- create project specifications (skill/competence)
- create prototype of user experience solutions (skill/competence)
- DevOps (knowledge)
- ensure compliance with company regulations (skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with legal requirements (skill/competence)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- hybrid model (knowledge)
- ICT problem management techniques (knowledge)
- ICT project management (knowledge)
- ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
- identify ICT system weaknesses (skill/competence)
- incremental development (knowledge)
- inter-organisational middleware system (knowledge)
- iterative development (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- lean project management (knowledge)
- levels of software testing (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- manage ICT project (skill/competence)
- manage system testing (skill/competence)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- MDX (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- monitor system performance (skill/competence)
- N1QL (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- object-oriented modelling (knowledge)
- Open source model (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- Outsourcing model (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Perl (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- Process-based management (knowledge)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Prototyping development (knowledge)
- provide ICT consulting advice (skill/competence)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- query languages (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- Rapid application development (knowledge)
- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- service-oriented modelling (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- solve ICT system problems (skill/competence)
- SPARK (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- Spiral development (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- trading software (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- unified modelling language (knowledge)
- use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
- Waterfall development (knowledge)
- XQuery (knowledge)