6.7 KiB
6.7 KiB
Competences — software manager
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f31f487b-4ce2-40f3-90e8-7d0011b4ef1d).
Essential
- analyse software specifications (skill/competence)
- apply ICT system usage policies (skill/competence)
- apply system organisational policies (skill/competence)
- create software design (skill/competence)
- data storage (knowledge)
- define technology strategy (skill/competence)
- digital systems (knowledge)
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards (skill/competence)
- evaluate cost of software products (skill/competence)
- execute analytical mathematical calculations (skill/competence)
- ICT project management (knowledge)
- ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
- manage business knowledge (skill/competence)
- manage data (skill/competence)
- manage ICT project (skill/competence)
- monitor technology trends (skill/competence)
- organisational policies (knowledge)
- quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
- software metrics (knowledge)
- systems development life-cycle (knowledge)
- unified modelling language (knowledge)
- use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
- use ICT ticketing system (skill/competence)
Optional
- Agile project management (knowledge)
- analyse ICT technical proposals (skill/competence)
- Android (mobile operating systems) (knowledge)
- apply conflict management (skill/competence)
- BlackBerry (knowledge)
- coach employees (skill/competence)
- give live presentation (skill/competence)
- ICT system user requirements (knowledge)
- identify ICT user needs (skill/competence)
- interact with users to gather requirements (skill/competence)
- iOS (knowledge)
- lean project management (knowledge)
- manage schedule of tasks (skill/competence)
- manage software localisation (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- manage tender processes (skill/competence)
- mobile operating systems (knowledge)
- monitor ICT research (skill/competence)
- negotiate buying conditions (skill/competence)
- Process-based management (knowledge)
- provide user documentation (skill/competence)
- trading software (knowledge)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- use methodologies for user-centered design (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- software development — 71 %
- team leadership — 43 %
- software architecture — 29 %
- software design — 14 %
- scalable design — 14 %
- rest api design — 14 %
- root cause analysis — 14 %
- software engineering — 14 %
- software requirements analysis — 14 %
- solutions architecture — 14 %
- sql server performance tuning — 14 %
- system design — 14 %
- system integration — 14 %
- technical documentation — 14 %
- technical engineering — 14 %
- technical leadership — 14 %
- network programming — 14 %
- network security — 14 %
- observability — 14 %
- prioritization — 14 %
- problem solving — 14 %
- problem-solving — 14 %
- operating system hardening — 14 %
- relational database technologies — 14 %
- agile methodologies — 14 %
- agile development — 14 %
- ai engineering — 14 %
- architecture design — 14 %
- algorithms — 14 %
- analytical skills — 14 %
- application roadmap development — 14 %
- backend service implementation — 14 %
- backend systems development — 14 %
- big data platforms development — 14 %
- cloud native architectures — 14 %
- cloud security — 14 %
- containerization — 14 %
- customer engagement — 14 %
- cyber security processes — 14 %
- cyber threat management — 14 %
- data architecture — 14 %
- data mining — 14 %
- data science — 14 %
- data structures — 14 %
- db design — 14 %
- distributed systems — 14 %
- incident management — 14 %
- incident resolution — 14 %
- incident response — 14 %
- information retrieval — 14 %
Methods
- DevOps — 29 %
- sdlc — 29 %
- retrospectives — 14 %
- sprint planning — 14 %
- software engineering methodology — 14 %
- software lifecycle management — 14 %
- standups — 14 %
- Kubernetes — 14 %
- on-call rotation — 14 %
- design reviews — 14 %
- data-driven decision-making — 14 %
- continuous delivery — 14 %
- continuous integration/continuous delivery (ci/cd) — 14 %
- CI/CD — 14 %
- CI/CD pipelines — 14 %
- cloud design principles — 14 %
- automated testing — 14 %
- agile development — 14 %
- agile methodologies — 14 %
- agile methodology — 14 %
- Agile SDLC — 14 %
- Agile software development — 14 %
- agile/scrum — 14 %
- vulnerability assessment — 14 %
Responsibilities
- team leadership — 57 %
- code review — 43 %
- application development — 29 %
- software design — 29 %
- team management — 29 %
- team mentoring — 14 %
- technical direction provision — 14 %
- training — 14 %
- verification and validation — 14 %
- software application review — 14 %
- roadmap execution — 14 %
- staff recruitment — 14 %
- stakeholder management — 14 %
- system integration — 14 %
- system stability management — 14 %
- talent development — 14 %
- task coordination — 14 %
- technical leadership — 14 %
- technical mentorship — 14 %
- technical planning — 14 %
- technical support — 14 %
- knowledge base development — 14 %
- okr definition — 14 %
- live site support — 14 %
- resource allocation — 14 %
- resource coordination — 14 %
- performance assessment — 14 %
- personnel management — 14 %
- playbook creation — 14 %
- product requirement identification — 14 %
- production support — 14 %
- proposal support — 14 %
- quality assurance — 14 %
- career counseling — 14 %
- barrier removal — 14 %
- application support — 14 %
- ai integration — 14 %
- architecture development — 14 %
- architecture review — 14 %
- culture cultivation — 14 %
- cyber threat mitigation — 14 %
- delivery execution — 14 %
- employee training — 14 %
- engagement oversight — 14 %
- innovation propulsion — 14 %
- issue resolution — 14 %