# Competences — mobile application developer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2ed56c3f-61d6-4f7e-9ef8-8849eb102e4c).

## Essential

- **analyse software specifications** (skill/competence)
- **collect customer feedback on applications** (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)
- **integrated development environment software** (knowledge)
- **Internet of Things** (knowledge)
- **interpret technical texts** (skill/competence)
- **migrate existing data** (skill/competence)
- **mobile operating systems** (knowledge)
- **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)
- Android (mobile operating systems) (knowledge)
- Ansible (knowledge)
- Apache Maven (knowledge)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- augmented reality (knowledge)
- BlackBerry (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- design user interface (skill/competence)
- develop creative ideas (skill/competence)
- digital systems (knowledge)
- Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- ICT security legislation (knowledge)
- identify customer requirements (skill/competence)
- integrate system components (skill/competence)
- iOS (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
- Joomla (knowledge)
- KDevelop (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- mobile device software frameworks (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- object-oriented modelling (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (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)
- screen reader (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- software anomalies (knowledge)
- SPARK (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)
- World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)
- Xcode (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 51 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

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

### Hard skills

- mobile application development — **51 %**
- api integration — **33 %**
- mobile application design — **25 %**
- debugging — **22 %**

### Methods

- agile development — **20 %**

### Responsibilities

- application maintenance — **24 %**
- application design — **22 %**
- application development — **20 %**

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