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Competences — ICT application developer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bd272aee-adc9-4a06-a15c-a73b4b4a46a7).

Essential

  • analyse software specifications (skill/competence)
  • computer programming (knowledge)
  • create flowchart diagram (skill/competence)
  • debug software (skill/competence)
  • develop automated migration methods (skill/competence)
  • develop software prototype (skill/competence)
  • ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
  • identify customer requirements (skill/competence)
  • integrated development environment software (knowledge)
  • interpret technical texts (skill/competence)
  • manage business knowledge (skill/competence)
  • propose ICT solutions to business problems (skill/competence)
  • tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
  • use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
  • use software design patterns (skill/competence)
  • use software libraries (skill/competence)
  • utilise computer-aided software engineering tools (skill/competence)

Optional

  • ABAP (knowledge)
  • adapt to changes in technological development plans (skill/competence)
  • AJAX (knowledge)
  • Ajax Framework (knowledge)
  • Ansible (knowledge)
  • Apache Maven (knowledge)
  • APL (knowledge)
  • ASP.NET (knowledge)
  • Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • C# (knowledge)
  • C++ (knowledge)
  • COBOL (knowledge)
  • collect customer feedback on applications (skill/competence)
  • Common Lisp (knowledge)
  • design user interface (skill/competence)
  • develop creative ideas (skill/competence)
  • develop food scanner devices (skill/competence)
  • do cloud refactoring (skill/competence)
  • Drupal (knowledge)
  • Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
  • Groovy (knowledge)
  • Haskell (knowledge)
  • hybrid model (knowledge)
  • IBM WebSphere (knowledge)
  • ICT security legislation (knowledge)
  • integrate system components (skill/competence)
  • Internet of Things (knowledge)
  • Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • JavaScript (knowledge)
  • JavaScript Framework (knowledge)
  • Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • KDevelop (knowledge)
  • Lisp (knowledge)
  • MATLAB (knowledge)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
  • migrate existing data (skill/competence)
  • ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • NoSQL (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)
  • Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Puppet (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • R (knowledge)
  • Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Salt (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • SAP R3 (knowledge)
  • SAS language (knowledge)
  • Scala (knowledge)
  • Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • software anomalies (knowledge)
  • software frameworks (knowledge)
  • SPARK (knowledge)
  • SQL (knowledge)
  • STAF (knowledge)
  • Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • TypeScript (knowledge)
  • use automatic programming (skill/competence)
  • use concurrent programming (skill/competence)
  • use functional programming (skill/competence)
  • use logic programming (skill/competence)
  • use object-oriented programming (skill/competence)
  • use query languages (skill/competence)
  • VBScript (knowledge)
  • Visual Basic (knowledge)
  • WordPress (knowledge)
  • World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)
  • Xcode (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

Hard skills

  • application development — 32 %
  • software design — 26 %
  • software development — 26 %
  • api development — 21 %
  • data modeling — 21 %
  • debugging — 16 %
  • performance tuning — 16 %
  • system integration — 16 %
  • web application design — 16 %
  • web application development — 16 %

Methods

  • ci/cd — 21 %
  • DevSecOps — 16 %
  • agile development — 16 %

Responsibilities

  • code review — 21 %
  • system maintenance — 21 %