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3.3 KiB

Competences — ICT security administrator

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0464b062-cea6-4164-b10d-956c61956ae7).

Essential

  • apply company policies (skill/competence)
  • attend to ICT systems quality (skill/competence)
  • cyber attack counter-measures (knowledge)
  • database development tools (knowledge)
  • ensure proper document management (skill/competence)
  • ethical hacking principles (knowledge)
  • ICT network security risks (knowledge)
  • ICT safety (nan)
  • identify ICT system weaknesses (skill/competence)
  • internet governance (knowledge)
  • Internet of Things (knowledge)
  • interpret technical texts (skill/competence)
  • maintain database security (skill/competence)
  • maintain ICT identity management (skill/competence)
  • manage ICT data architecture (skill/competence)
  • manage IT security compliances (skill/competence)
  • mobile device management (knowledge)
  • network standards (knowledge)
  • operating systems (knowledge)
  • organisational resilience (knowledge)
  • perform ICT troubleshooting (skill/competence)
  • quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
  • security engineering (knowledge)
  • solve ICT system problems (skill/competence)
  • system backup best practice (knowledge)

Optional

  • address problems critically (skill/competence)
  • assess ICT knowledge (skill/competence)
  • build business relationships (skill/competence)
  • cloud monitoring and reporting (knowledge)
  • cloud security and compliance (knowledge)
  • computer forensics (knowledge)
  • cyber security (knowledge)
  • execute ICT audits (skill/competence)
  • execute software tests (skill/competence)
  • ICT encryption (knowledge)
  • ICT infrastructure (knowledge)
  • ICT security legislation (knowledge)
  • ICT security standards (knowledge)
  • implement a firewall (skill/competence)
  • implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
  • implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
  • implement cloud security and compliance (skill/competence)
  • implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
  • information confidentiality (knowledge)
  • information security strategy (knowledge)
  • lead disaster recovery exercises (skill/competence)
  • manage cloud data and storage (skill/competence)
  • manage database (skill/competence)
  • manage ICT virtualisation environments (skill/competence)
  • manage keys for data protection (skill/competence)
  • perform backups (skill/competence)
  • protect personal data and privacy (skill/competence)
  • remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
  • respond to incidents in cloud (skill/competence)
  • store digital data and systems (skill/competence)
  • telecom regulations (knowledge)
  • train employees (skill/competence)
  • use scripting programming (skill/competence)
  • web application security threats (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 31 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

Hard skills

  • incident response — 55 %
  • risk management — 29 %
  • risk assessment — 26 %
  • vulnerability management — 23 %

Methods

  • risk management framework (RMF) — 29 %