# Competences — ICT test analyst

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0ab5c12c-c1c1-4772-8345-aa287d0e391d).

## Essential

- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
- **develop ICT test suite** (skill/competence)
- **execute software tests** (skill/competence)
- **levels of software testing** (knowledge)
- **plan software testing** (skill/competence)
- **provide software testing documentation** (skill/competence)
- **replicate customer software issues** (skill/competence)
- **report test findings** (skill/competence)
- **set quality assurance objectives** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- Agile project management (knowledge)
- apply statistical analysis techniques (skill/competence)
- conduct ICT code review (skill/competence)
- debug software (skill/competence)
- decision support systems (knowledge)
- develop automated software tests (skill/competence)
- give live presentation (skill/competence)
- ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
- ICT performance analysis methods (knowledge)
- ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
- LDAP (knowledge)
- lean project management (knowledge)
- LINQ (knowledge)
- manage schedule of tasks (skill/competence)
- MDX (knowledge)
- measure software usability (skill/competence)
- N1QL (knowledge)
- perform quality audits (skill/competence)
- perform software recovery testing (skill/competence)
- Process-based management (knowledge)
- query languages (knowledge)
- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
- SPARQL (knowledge)
- tools for ICT test automation (knowledge)
- use scripting programming (skill/competence)
- visual presentation techniques (knowledge)
- XQuery (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-14)

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

### Hard skills

- regression testing — **34 %**
- system testing — **28 %**
- functional testing — **25 %**
- integration testing — **22 %**
- data validation — **22 %**
- test case creation — **22 %**
- defect identification — **19 %**
- software testing — **19 %**

### Methods

- scrum — **19 %**

### Responsibilities

- test execution — **31 %**

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