# Competences — ICT security technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a44a1dc5-be08-4840-8bd5-770c4ac1ca6d).

## Essential

- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
- **analyse ICT system** (skill/competence)
- **attack vectors** (knowledge)
- **audit techniques** (knowledge)
- **communicate with stakeholders** (skill/competence)
- **cyber attack counter-measures** (knowledge)
- **cyber security** (knowledge)
- **engage with stakeholders** (skill/competence)
- **ensure proper document management** (skill/competence)
- **establish an ICT security prevention plan** (skill/competence)
- **estimate duration of work** (skill/competence)
- **execute software tests** (skill/competence)
- **ICT networking hardware** (knowledge)
- **ICT security standards** (knowledge)
- **ICT system programming** (knowledge)
- **identify ICT security risks** (skill/competence)
- **identify ICT system weaknesses** (skill/competence)
- **implement ICT risk management** (skill/competence)
- **integrate system components** (skill/competence)
- **levels of software testing** (knowledge)
- **manage alarm system** (skill/competence)
- **manage closed-circuit television system** (skill/competence)
- **manage system security** (skill/competence)
- **operating systems** (knowledge)
- **penetration testing tool** (knowledge)
- **procurement of ICT network equipment** (knowledge)
- **protect ICT devices** (skill/competence)
- **security engineering** (knowledge)
- **set up cybersecurity training programmes** (skill/competence)
- **solve ICT system problems** (skill/competence)
- **systems development life-cycle** (knowledge)
- **tools for ICT test automation** (knowledge)
- **use access control software** (skill/competence)
- **web application security threats** (knowledge)

## Optional

- ABAP (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- APL (knowledge)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- Cisco (knowledge)
- cloud monitoring and reporting (knowledge)
- cloud security and compliance (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- comply with legal regulations (skill/competence)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- cooperate with colleagues (skill/competence)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- execute ICT audits (skill/competence)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- ICT encryption (knowledge)
- ICT network security risks (knowledge)
- ICT safety (nan)
- ICT security legislation (knowledge)
- implement a firewall (skill/competence)
- implement a virtual private network (skill/competence)
- implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
- implement cloud security and compliance (skill/competence)
- implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
- install low voltage wiring (skill/competence)
- Internet of Things (knowledge)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- manage cloud data and storage (skill/competence)
- manage IT security compliances (skill/competence)
- manage keys for data protection (skill/competence)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- organisational resilience (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Perl (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- remove computer virus or malware from a computer (skill/competence)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- use back-up and recovery tools (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 18 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

### Hard skills

- risk assessment — **56 %**
- incident response — **39 %**
- security control implementation — **28 %**
- vulnerability management — **28 %**
- system security plan development — **22 %**
- vulnerability assessment — **22 %**
- risk management — **22 %**
- network security — **17 %**

### Methods

- risk management framework (rmf) — **28 %**
- continuous monitoring — **17 %**

### Responsibilities

- security control implementation — **17 %**

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