data-centre-operator/references/skills.md

Competences — data centre operator

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9729c0f3-c9bc-482e-ac59-a82ec3b67ba3).

Essential

• administer ICT system (skill/competence)
• analyse ICT system (skill/competence)
• balance database resources (skill/competence)
• database management systems (knowledge)
• develop contingency plans for emergencies (skill/competence)
• keep up with the latest information systems solutions (skill/competence)
• maintain database performance (skill/competence)
• maintain database security (skill/competence)
• maintain ICT server (skill/competence)
• manage database (skill/competence)
• migrate existing data (skill/competence)
• monitor system performance (skill/competence)
• query languages (knowledge)
• resource description framework query language (knowledge)

Optional

• business ICT systems (knowledge)
• CA Datacom/DB (knowledge)
• control of expenses (skill/competence)
• create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
• data models (knowledge)
• data storage (knowledge)
• database development tools (knowledge)
• DB2 (knowledge)
• develop automated migration methods (skill/competence)
• Filemaker (database management systems) (knowledge)
• IBM Informix (knowledge)
• implement a firewall (skill/competence)
• implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
• implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
• information confidentiality (knowledge)
• integrate system components (skill/competence)
• LDAP (knowledge)
• LINQ (knowledge)
• MDX (knowledge)
• Microsoft Access (knowledge)
• MySQL (knowledge)
• N1QL (knowledge)
• ObjectStore (knowledge)
• OpenEdge Database (knowledge)
• PostgreSQL (knowledge)
• SPARQL (knowledge)
• SQL Server (knowledge)
• Teradata Database (knowledge)
• unstructured data (knowledge)
• use back-up and recovery tools (skill/competence)
• use databases (skill/competence)
• use different communication channels (skill/competence)
• use ICT ticketing system (skill/competence)
• World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)
• XQuery (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 23 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

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

Hard skills

• data center operations — 30 %
• hardware installation — 22 %
• structured cabling — 22 %
• troubleshooting — 22 %
• decommissioning — 17 %

Responsibilities

• hardware installation — 17 %