# Competences — computer scientist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e3229e40-f571-4b26-baca-29edc8fe313e).

## Essential

- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply reverse engineering** (skill/competence)
- **apply statistical analysis techniques** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct literature research** (skill/competence)
- **conduct qualitative research** (skill/competence)
- **conduct quantitative research** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research interview** (skill/competence)
- **conduct scholarly research** (skill/competence)
- **data science** (knowledge)
- **define technology strategy** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **execute analytical mathematical calculations** (skill/competence)
- **execute ICT user research activities** (skill/competence)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data** (skill/competence)
- **manage intellectual property rights** (skill/competence)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **promote open innovation in research** (skill/competence)
- **promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities** (skill/competence)
- **promote the transfer of knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **publish academic research** (skill/competence)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise research publications** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **use an application-specific interface** (skill/competence)
- **use back-up and recovery tools** (skill/competence)
- **write research proposals** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- Apache Tomcat (knowledge)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- behavioural science (knowledge)
- business intelligence (knowledge)
- cognitive computing (knowledge)
- computational biology (knowledge)
- computer simulation (knowledge)
- create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
- data engineering (knowledge)
- data mining (knowledge)
- develop computer vision system (skill/competence)
- develop professional network (skill/competence)
- digitization (knowledge)
- documentation types (knowledge)
- emergent technologies (knowledge)
- image recognition (knowledge)
- implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
- information categorisation (knowledge)
- information extraction (knowledge)
- innovate in ICT (skill/competence)
- innovation processes (knowledge)
- JavaScript Framework (knowledge)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- mathematical physics (knowledge)
- MDX (knowledge)
- N1QL (knowledge)
- NoSQL (knowledge)
- operational research (knowledge)
- perform data mining (skill/competence)
- process data (skill/competence)
- quantum computing (knowledge)
- query languages (knowledge)
- report analysis results (skill/competence)
- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
- scientific computing (knowledge)
- software frameworks (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- SQL (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- unstructured data (knowledge)
- use presentation software (skill/competence)
- use query languages (skill/competence)
- use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)
- XQuery (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 40 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

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

### Hard skills

- reverse engineering — **32 %**
- data analysis — **30 %**
- software development — **28 %**
- attack attribution — **20 %**

### Responsibilities

- solution design — **20 %**

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