# Competences — user interface designer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/96e20037-0a25-4bf6-a25e-808d1605d890).

## Essential

- **application usability** (knowledge)
- **assess users' interaction with ICT applications** (skill/competence)
- **build business relationships** (skill/competence)
- **create website wireframe** (skill/competence)
- **define technical requirements** (skill/competence)
- **design graphics** (skill/competence)
- **design process** (skill/competence)
- **design user interface** (skill/competence)
- **develop creative ideas** (skill/competence)
- **draw design sketches** (skill/competence)
- **graphics editor software** (knowledge)
- **human-computer interaction** (knowledge)
- **ICT accessibility standards** (knowledge)
- **ICT security legislation** (knowledge)
- **interact with users to gather requirements** (skill/competence)
- **interactive media** (knowledge)
- **manage online content** (skill/competence)
- **software interaction design** (knowledge)
- **software UI design patterns** (knowledge)
- **task algorithmisation** (knowledge)
- **test system accessibility for users with special needs** (skill/competence)
- **translate requirements into visual design** (skill/competence)
- **use an application-specific interface** (skill/competence)
- **use markup languages** (skill/competence)
- **use methodologies for user-centered design** (skill/competence)
- **web programming** (knowledge)
- **World Wide Web Consortium standards** (knowledge)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- Adobe Illustrator (knowledge)
- Adobe Photoshop (knowledge)
- Agile development (knowledge)
- Agile project management (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- analyse business requirements (skill/competence)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- augmented reality (knowledge)
- business process modelling (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- cognitive psychology (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- create software design (skill/competence)
- DevOps (knowledge)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- GIMP (graphics editor software) (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
- incremental development (knowledge)
- iterative development (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- lean project management (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- manage localisation (skill/competence)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visio (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- natural language processing (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- perform online data analysis (skill/competence)
- Perl (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- Process-based management (knowledge)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Prototyping development (knowledge)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- Rapid application development (knowledge)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- screen reader (knowledge)
- SketchBook Pro (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- software design methodologies (knowledge)
- Spiral development (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Synfig (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- use query languages (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
- Waterfall development (knowledge)
- web based collaborative platforms (knowledge)

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## 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

- wireframing — **62 %**
- prototyping — **50 %**
- responsive design — **38 %**
- ui design — **38 %**
- interaction design — **38 %**
- graphic design — **25 %**
- design system maintenance — **25 %**
- accessibility standards — **25 %**
- ui specification — **25 %**
- user interface design — **25 %**
- user task flow definition — **25 %**
- mockup creation — **25 %**
- visual design — **25 %**
- website design — **25 %**
- ux design — **12 %**
- project issue resolution — **12 %**
- requirements translation — **12 %**
- user research — **12 %**
- user-centered design — **12 %**
- usability testing — **12 %**
- user experience design — **12 %**
- accessibility testing — **12 %**
- budget estimation — **12 %**
- data visualization — **12 %**
- design documentation — **12 %**
- mobile experience design — **12 %**

### Methods

- user-centered design — **38 %**
- responsive design — **25 %**
- agile development — **25 %**
- Agile methodologies — **25 %**
- federal background investigation — **12 %**
- section 508 compliance — **12 %**
- mobile-first design — **12 %**
- user-centered design methodologies — **12 %**
- wcag accessibility standards — **12 %**

### Responsibilities

- user testing participation — **25 %**
- team management — **25 %**
- mockup creation — **25 %**
- prototype creation — **25 %**
- design implementation — **25 %**
- cross-browser compatibility maintenance — **25 %**
- cross-functional collaboration — **25 %**
- cross-platform collaboration — **12 %**
- data visualization design — **12 %**
- deliverable feedback — **12 %**
- design consistency — **12 %**
- design delivery — **12 %**
- ai technology integration consultation — **12 %**
- best practice championing — **12 %**
- accessibility testing — **12 %**
- design prototyping — **12 %**
- design revision incorporation — **12 %**
- designer guidance — **12 %**
- mobile experience design — **12 %**
- interface design — **12 %**
- interface development — **12 %**
- functionality enhancement — **12 %**
- software lifecycle participation — **12 %**
- solution driving — **12 %**
- risk identification — **12 %**
- team collaboration — **12 %**
- ui development — **12 %**
- user interface creation — **12 %**
- ui standard development — **12 %**
- ui workstream oversight — **12 %**
- user research conduction — **12 %**
- wireframe creation — **12 %**

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