composer/references/skills.md

Competences — composer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7dc05fcc-b079-45ed-b5d4-74c75f99976c).

Essential

• complete final musical scores (skill/competence)
• create musical forms (skill/competence)
• create musical structures (skill/competence)
• define creative components (skill/competence)
• describe artistic experience (skill/competence)
• develop an artistic framework (skill/competence)
• develop musical ideas (skill/competence)
• evaluate musical ideas (skill/competence)
• read musical score (skill/competence)
• rewrite musical scores (skill/competence)
• select elements for a composition (skill/competence)
• study music (skill/competence)
• transcribe ideas into musical notation (skill/competence)
• transpose music (skill/competence)
• work out orchestral sketches (skill/competence)
• write musical scores (skill/competence)

Optional

• edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
• film music techniques (knowledge)
• music literature (knowledge)
• organise compositions (skill/competence)
• play musical instruments (skill/competence)
• record music (skill/competence)
• supervise music groups (skill/competence)
• use digital instruments (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• sound design — 47 %
• music composition — 42 %
• music production — 32 %
• music editing — 21 %
• mixing — 21 %
• music arrangement — 16 %
• budget management — 16 %
• mastering — 16 %
• orchestration — 16 %