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Competences — user experience analyst

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/faed411a-f920-4100-86a8-b877928b429c).

Essential

  • analyse business requirements (skill/competence)
  • application usability (knowledge)
  • assess users' interaction with ICT applications (skill/competence)
  • behavioural science (knowledge)
  • cognitive psychology (knowledge)
  • conduct qualitative research (skill/competence)
  • conduct quantitative research (skill/competence)
  • conduct research interview (skill/competence)
  • create prototype of user experience solutions (skill/competence)
  • define technical requirements (skill/competence)
  • execute ICT user research activities (skill/competence)
  • human-computer interaction (knowledge)
  • interactive media (knowledge)
  • measure customer feedback (skill/competence)
  • measure software usability (skill/competence)
  • report analysis results (skill/competence)
  • software interaction design (knowledge)
  • use experience map (skill/competence)

Optional

  • Agile project management (knowledge)
  • apply systemic design thinking (skill/competence)
  • create website wireframe (skill/competence)
  • forecast future ICT network needs (skill/competence)
  • ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
  • ICT system user requirements (knowledge)
  • identify ICT user needs (skill/competence)
  • identify technological needs (skill/competence)
  • LDAP (knowledge)
  • lean project management (knowledge)
  • LINQ (knowledge)
  • manage localisation (skill/competence)
  • MDX (knowledge)
  • N1QL (knowledge)
  • online moderation techniques (knowledge)
  • perform market research (skill/competence)
  • Process-based management (knowledge)
  • query languages (knowledge)
  • resource description framework query language (knowledge)
  • software metrics (knowledge)
  • SPARQL (knowledge)
  • test system accessibility for users with special needs (skill/competence)
  • use access control software (skill/competence)
  • visual presentation techniques (knowledge)
  • web analytics (knowledge)
  • World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)
  • XQuery (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

  • data analysis — 100 %
  • project management — 38 %
  • participant recruitment — 25 %
  • process mapping — 25 %
  • usability testing — 25 %
  • user research — 25 %
  • survey design — 12 %
  • taxonomy management — 12 %
  • telemetry analysis — 12 %
  • reporting — 12 %
  • requirements prioritization — 12 %
  • research scripting — 12 %
  • process flow creation — 12 %
  • stakeholder identification — 12 %
  • stakeholder support — 12 %
  • strategic insights packaging — 12 %
  • usability research — 12 %
  • wireframing — 12 %
  • persona development — 12 %
  • organizational skills — 12 %
  • promotional execution — 12 %
  • prototyping — 12 %
  • qualitative research — 12 %
  • product prioritization — 12 %
  • product specification documentation — 12 %
  • quantitative research — 12 %
  • hypothesis substantiation — 12 %
  • incident analysis — 12 %
  • market analysis — 12 %
  • competitive analysis — 12 %
  • customer journey mapping — 12 %
  • customer research — 12 %
  • analytical thinking — 12 %
  • data visualization — 12 %
  • documentation — 12 %
  • endpoint performance monitoring — 12 %
  • experience measurement — 12 %

Methods

  • human-centered design — 25 %
  • ux research methods — 25 %
  • user-centered design — 12 %
  • ux product development process — 12 %
  • ux research — 12 %
  • Scrum — 12 %
  • scrum project management — 12 %
  • surveys — 12 %
  • user research — 12 %
  • user experience design — 12 %
  • user experience research — 12 %
  • user interviews — 12 %
  • itil practices — 12 %
  • Lean manufacturing — 12 %
  • focus groups — 12 %
  • empirical data analysis — 12 %
  • A/B testing — 12 %
  • agile development — 12 %
  • Agile methodologies — 12 %

Responsibilities

  • database management — 25 %
  • data compilation — 25 %
  • payment processing — 25 %
  • stakeholder communication — 25 %
  • technology toolkit maintenance — 25 %
  • trend identification — 12 %
  • system change execution — 12 %
  • technical support provision — 12 %
  • user research conduction — 12 %
  • solution recommendation — 12 %
  • survey addition collaboration — 12 %
  • research session conducting — 12 %
  • research session conduction — 12 %
  • research strategy implementation — 12 %
  • root cause analysis — 12 %
  • research planning — 12 %
  • research script formatting — 12 %
  • requirement compilation — 12 %
  • user training material creation — 12 %
  • vendor relationship support — 12 %
  • vocic enhancement — 12 %
  • workshop planning — 12 %
  • organizational change influence — 12 %
  • product improvement tracking — 12 %
  • product opportunity identification — 12 %
  • recommendation translation — 12 %
  • product use case documentation — 12 %
  • insight identification — 12 %
  • insight synthesis — 12 %
  • customer experience optimization — 12 %
  • impact measurement — 12 %
  • member needs assessment — 12 %
  • nexthink administration — 12 %
  • data extraction — 12 %
  • data reporting — 12 %
  • data visualization — 12 %
  • data-driven recommendations — 12 %
  • documentation development — 12 %
  • employee impact assessment — 12 %
  • executive presentation delivery — 12 %
  • help document creation — 12 %
  • communication asset creation — 12 %
  • communication tool creation — 12 %
  • competitor analysis — 12 %
  • data analysis — 12 %
  • dashboard creation — 12 %
  • dashboard development — 12 %