webmaster/references/skills.md

Competences — webmaster

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/dc8ef7da-d2c0-4474-96a0-6d0385eeec1e).

Essential

• apply ICT system usage policies (skill/competence)
• apply tools for content development (skill/competence)
• authoring software (knowledge)
• develop digital content (skill/competence)
• digital communication and collaboration (nan)
• digital systems (knowledge)
• domain name service (knowledge)
• graphics editor software (knowledge)
• implement front-end website design (skill/competence)
• maintain ICT server (skill/competence)
• maintain responsive design (skill/competence)
• problem-solving with digital tools (nan)
• proxy servers (knowledge)
• quality assurance methodologies (knowledge)
• study website behaviour patterns (skill/competence)
• style sheet languages (knowledge)
• troubleshoot website (skill/competence)
• use ICT ticketing system (skill/competence)
• use markup languages (skill/competence)
• use scripting programming (skill/competence)
• use software libraries (skill/competence)
• web based collaborative platforms (knowledge)
• web programming (knowledge)

Optional

• ABAP (knowledge)
• Adobe Illustrator (knowledge)
• Adobe Photoshop (knowledge)
• AJAX (knowledge)
• APL (knowledge)
• ASP.NET (knowledge)
• Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
• augmented reality (knowledge)
• C# (knowledge)
• C++ (knowledge)
• COBOL (knowledge)
• CoffeeScript (knowledge)
• Common Lisp (knowledge)
• computer programming (knowledge)
• conduct search engine optimisation (skill/competence)
• CSS (knowledge)
• cyber security (knowledge)
• data models (knowledge)
• enhance website visibility (skill/competence)
• Erlang (knowledge)
• GIMP (graphics editor software) (knowledge)
• Groovy (knowledge)
• Haskell (knowledge)
• ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
• ICT performance analysis methods (knowledge)
• ICT recovery techniques (knowledge)
• implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
• implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
• information security strategy (knowledge)
• Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
• JavaScript (knowledge)
• Joomla (knowledge)
• JSSS (knowledge)
• knowledge base (knowledge)
• LESS (knowledge)
• Lisp (knowledge)
• manage changes in ICT system (skill/competence)
• manage online content (skill/competence)
• MATLAB (knowledge)
• Microsoft Visio (knowledge)
• Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
• ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Objective-C (knowledge)
• online analytical processing (knowledge)
• OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
• Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Perl (knowledge)
• PHP (knowledge)
• Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
• R (knowledge)
• Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
• SAP R3 (knowledge)
• SAS language (knowledge)
• Sass (knowledge)
• Scala (knowledge)
• Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
• SketchBook Pro (knowledge)
• Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
• Synfig (knowledge)
• system backup best practice (knowledge)
• TypeScript (knowledge)
• use an application-specific interface (skill/competence)
• use databases (skill/competence)
• use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)
• VBScript (knowledge)
• Visual Basic (knowledge)
• web analytics (knowledge)
• WildFly (knowledge)
• World Wide Web Consortium standards (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 35 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

Hard skills

• web development — 29 %
• content management — 26 %
• website maintenance — 20 %
• accessibility compliance — 20 %

Methods

• section 508 compliance — 23 %

Responsibilities

• website maintenance — 20 %