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Competences — user interface developer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/866c7813-2c03-47d7-9bdc-192cfbace57c).

Essential

  • analyse software specifications (skill/competence)
  • computer programming (knowledge)
  • design graphics (skill/competence)
  • design user interface (skill/competence)
  • develop software prototype (skill/competence)
  • draw design sketches (skill/competence)
  • graphics editor software (knowledge)
  • integrated development environment software (knowledge)
  • interpret technical texts (skill/competence)
  • software UI design patterns (knowledge)
  • style sheet languages (knowledge)
  • use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
  • use methodologies for user-centered design (skill/competence)
  • use software design patterns (skill/competence)
  • use software libraries (skill/competence)
  • web programming (knowledge)
  • World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)

Optional

  • ABAP (knowledge)
  • Adobe Illustrator (knowledge)
  • Adobe Photoshop (knowledge)
  • AJAX (knowledge)
  • Ajax Framework (knowledge)
  • Ansible (knowledge)
  • Apache Maven (knowledge)
  • APL (knowledge)
  • ASP.NET (knowledge)
  • Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • augmented reality (knowledge)
  • C# (knowledge)
  • C++ (knowledge)
  • COBOL (knowledge)
  • CoffeeScript (knowledge)
  • Common Lisp (knowledge)
  • create flowchart diagram (skill/competence)
  • CSS (knowledge)
  • debug software (skill/competence)
  • design interaction model (skill/competence)
  • Drupal (knowledge)
  • Eclipse (integrated development environment software) (knowledge)
  • Erlang (knowledge)
  • GIMP (graphics editor software) (knowledge)
  • Groovy (knowledge)
  • Haskell (knowledge)
  • human-computer interaction (knowledge)
  • ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
  • ICT project management (knowledge)
  • Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • JavaScript (knowledge)
  • JavaScript Framework (knowledge)
  • Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • JSSS (knowledge)
  • KDevelop (knowledge)
  • LESS (knowledge)
  • Lisp (knowledge)
  • MATLAB (knowledge)
  • Microsoft Visio (knowledge)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
  • ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • NoSQL (knowledge)
  • Objective-C (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)
  • Sass (knowledge)
  • Scala (knowledge)
  • Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • screen reader (knowledge)
  • SketchBook Pro (knowledge)
  • Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • software interaction design (knowledge)
  • STAF (knowledge)
  • Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Synfig (knowledge)
  • tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
  • TypeScript (knowledge)
  • use automatic programming (skill/competence)
  • use concurrent programming (skill/competence)
  • use functional programming (skill/competence)
  • use logic programming (skill/competence)
  • use markup languages (skill/competence)
  • use object-oriented programming (skill/competence)
  • use query languages (skill/competence)
  • use scripting programming (skill/competence)
  • utilise computer-aided software engineering tools (skill/competence)
  • Vagrant (knowledge)
  • VBScript (knowledge)
  • Visual Basic (knowledge)
  • WordPress (knowledge)
  • Xcode (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 24 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

  • api integration — 25 %
  • user interface design — 25 %
  • web application development — 21 %
  • ui design — 17 %
  • software development — 17 %
  • front-end development — 17 %

Methods

  • Agile — 17 %

Responsibilities

  • performance optimization — 17 %