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Competences — urban planner

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e14548c8-c2b9-4ef8-8670-d5967d7ad804).

Essential

  • advise on use of land (skill/competence)
  • apply for research funding (skill/competence)
  • apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities (skill/competence)
  • architecture regulations (knowledge)
  • build business relationships (skill/competence)
  • building codes (knowledge)
  • communicate with a non-scientific audience (skill/competence)
  • conduct research across disciplines (skill/competence)
  • demography (knowledge)
  • demonstrate disciplinary expertise (skill/competence)
  • develop professional network with researchers and scientists (skill/competence)
  • disseminate results to the scientific community (skill/competence)
  • draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation (skill/competence)
  • environmental policy (knowledge)
  • evaluate research activities (skill/competence)
  • execute feasibility study (skill/competence)
  • green building practices (knowledge)
  • green space strategies (knowledge)
  • increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
  • integrate gender dimension in research (skill/competence)
  • interact professionally in research and professional environments (skill/competence)
  • liaise with local authorities (skill/competence)
  • manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data (skill/competence)
  • manage intellectual property rights (skill/competence)
  • manage open publications (skill/competence)
  • manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
  • manage research data (skill/competence)
  • meet building regulations (skill/competence)
  • mentor individuals (skill/competence)
  • operate open source software (skill/competence)
  • perform project management (skill/competence)
  • perform scientific research (skill/competence)
  • promote open innovation in research (skill/competence)
  • promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities (skill/competence)
  • promote the transfer of knowledge (skill/competence)
  • publish academic research (skill/competence)
  • spatial planning (knowledge)
  • speak different languages (skill/competence)
  • study human population (skill/competence)
  • synthesise information (skill/competence)
  • think abstractly (skill/competence)
  • urban planning (knowledge)
  • urban sustainability (knowledge)
  • use geographic information systems (skill/competence)
  • zoning codes (knowledge)

Optional

  • advise architects (skill/competence)
  • advise on architectural matters (skill/competence)
  • advise on building matters (skill/competence)
  • advise on legislative acts (skill/competence)
  • advise on pollution prevention (skill/competence)
  • apply blended learning (skill/competence)
  • architectural conservation (knowledge)
  • bicycle sharing systems (knowledge)
  • CAD software (knowledge)
  • cartography (knowledge)
  • communicate with local residents (skill/competence)
  • community-led local development (knowledge)
  • conduct land surveys (skill/competence)
  • conduct public surveys (skill/competence)
  • construction methods (knowledge)
  • design spatial layout of outdoor areas (skill/competence)
  • develop concepts for city marketing (skill/competence)
  • develop innovative mobility solutions (skill/competence)
  • ensure infrastructure accessibility (skill/competence)
  • geography (knowledge)
  • historic architecture (knowledge)
  • landscape architecture (knowledge)
  • plan public housing (skill/competence)
  • project management (knowledge)
  • promote innovative infrastructure design (skill/competence)
  • promote sustainability (skill/competence)
  • provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
  • public housing legislation (knowledge)
  • rural development strategies (knowledge)
  • scientific modelling (knowledge)
  • scientific research methodology (knowledge)
  • smart city features (knowledge)
  • study traffic flow (skill/competence)
  • teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
  • topography (knowledge)
  • use CAD software (skill/competence)
  • write scientific publications (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 49 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

  • project management — 35 %
  • urban planning — 31 %
  • data analysis — 22 %
  • research — 18 %