ict-network-engineer/references/skills.md

Competences — ICT network engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cf2b03cd-feb7-4f47-90f6-ff1ed6016d3d).

Essential

• analyse network configuration and performance (skill/competence)
• analyse software specifications (skill/competence)
• apply information security policies (skill/competence)
• cloud technologies (knowledge)
• collect customer feedback on applications (skill/competence)
• computer programming (knowledge)
• debug software (skill/competence)
• define technology strategy (skill/competence)
• design computer network (skill/competence)
• develop automated migration methods (skill/competence)
• forecast future ICT network needs (skill/competence)
• ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
• ICT network routing (knowledge)
• ICT performance analysis methods (knowledge)
• implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
• implement ICT network diagnostic tools (skill/competence)
• information security strategy (knowledge)
• migrate existing data (skill/competence)
• mobile operating systems (knowledge)
• network engineering (knowledge)
• network standards (knowledge)
• use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
• use software design patterns (skill/competence)

Optional

• ABAP (knowledge)
• adapt to changes in technological development plans (skill/competence)
• AJAX (knowledge)
• Android (mobile operating systems) (knowledge)
• Ansible (knowledge)
• Apache Maven (knowledge)
• APL (knowledge)
• ASP.NET (knowledge)
• Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
• automate cloud tasks (skill/competence)
• BlackBerry (knowledge)
• C# (knowledge)
• C++ (knowledge)
• COBOL (knowledge)
• CoffeeScript (knowledge)
• Common Lisp (knowledge)
• create flowchart diagram (skill/competence)
• create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
• design cloud networks (skill/competence)
• design for organisational complexity (skill/competence)
• develop creative ideas (skill/competence)
• develop software prototype (skill/competence)
• develop with cloud services (skill/competence)
• Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
• Erlang (knowledge)
• Groovy (knowledge)
• Haskell (knowledge)
• ICT problem management techniques (knowledge)
• implement a firewall (skill/competence)
• implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
• implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
• implement spam protection (skill/competence)
• install electronic communication equipment (skill/competence)
• integrated development environment software (knowledge)
• Internet of Things (knowledge)
• iOS (knowledge)
• Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
• JavaScript (knowledge)
• Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• KDevelop (knowledge)
• Lisp (knowledge)
• MATLAB (knowledge)
• Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
• ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
• network management system tools (knowledge)
• Objective-C (knowledge)
• OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
• Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
• PHP (knowledge)
• Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Puppet (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
• R (knowledge)
• remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
• Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Salt (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
• SAP R3 (knowledge)
• SAS language (knowledge)
• Scala (knowledge)
• Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
• STAF (knowledge)
• Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
• tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
• TypeScript (knowledge)
• use automatic programming (skill/competence)
• use back-up and recovery tools (skill/competence)
• use concurrent programming (skill/competence)
• use functional programming (skill/competence)
• use logic programming (skill/competence)
• use object-oriented programming (skill/competence)
• Vagrant (knowledge)
• VBScript (knowledge)
• Visual Basic (knowledge)
• Xcode (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 20 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

Hard skills

• network design — 45 %
• troubleshooting — 25 %
• network maintenance — 20 %
• network troubleshooting — 20 %
• network architecture — 20 %