# Competences — ICT system analyst

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a6a0b60f-08da-4faa-bf54-942987efb471).

## Essential

- **analyse business processes** (skill/competence)
- **analyse ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **analyse software specifications** (skill/competence)
- **analyse the context of an organisation** (skill/competence)
- **apply statistical analysis techniques** (skill/competence)
- **attack vectors** (knowledge)
- **create data models** (skill/competence)
- **decision support systems** (knowledge)
- **define technical requirements** (skill/competence)
- **design information system** (skill/competence)
- **digital systems** (knowledge)
- **execute feasibility study** (skill/competence)
- **ICT infrastructure** (knowledge)
- **ICT performance analysis methods** (knowledge)
- **identify customer requirements** (skill/competence)
- **identify ICT system weaknesses** (skill/competence)
- **interact with users to gather requirements** (skill/competence)
- **levels of software testing** (knowledge)
- **manage ICT legacy implication** (skill/competence)
- **manage system testing** (skill/competence)
- **monitor system performance** (skill/competence)
- **online analytical processing** (knowledge)
- **perform ICT security testing** (skill/competence)
- **software architecture models** (knowledge)
- **software metrics** (knowledge)
- **solve ICT system problems** (skill/competence)
- **systems development life-cycle** (knowledge)
- **use an application-specific interface** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- Apache Tomcat (knowledge)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- audit techniques (knowledge)
- automate cloud tasks (skill/competence)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- conduct quantitative research (skill/competence)
- core banking software (knowledge)
- data mining (knowledge)
- distributed computing (knowledge)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- execute analytical mathematical calculations (skill/competence)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- hardware architectures (knowledge)
- hardware platforms (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- hybrid model (knowledge)
- ICT process quality models (knowledge)
- implement a firewall (skill/competence)
- implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- MDX (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- N1QL (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)
- provide ICT consulting advice (skill/competence)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- query languages (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- service-oriented modelling (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- system design (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- unified modelling language (knowledge)
- use query languages (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
- XQuery (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 10 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

### Hard skills

- process improvement — **30 %**
- project management — **20 %**
- requirements documentation — **20 %**
- requirements gathering — **20 %**
- business requirements gathering — **20 %**
- stakeholder engagement — **20 %**
- system analysis — **20 %**
- system configuration — **20 %**
- technical documentation — **20 %**

### Methods

- agile delivery — **20 %**

### Responsibilities

- documentation maintenance — **20 %**
- stakeholder collaboration — **20 %**
- requirement documentation — **20 %**

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