# Competences — web designer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30ed83ba-cc89-4d9f-a59d-5c783c1da56e).

## Essential

- **collaborate with designers** (skill/competence)
- **compose description for web elements** (skill/competence)
- **create website wireframe** (skill/competence)
- **establish customer rapport** (skill/competence)
- **implement front-end website design** (skill/competence)
- **JavaScript** (knowledge)
- **JavaScript Framework** (knowledge)
- **use markup languages** (skill/competence)
- **web programming** (knowledge)
- **WebCMS** (knowledge)

## Optional

- Adobe Photoshop (knowledge)
- CSS (knowledge)
- design web-based courses (skill/competence)
- enhance website visibility (skill/competence)
- GIMP (graphics editor software) (knowledge)
- graphics editor software (knowledge)
- IBM WebSphere (knowledge)
- Joomla (knowledge)
- JSSS (knowledge)
- manage online content (skill/competence)
- manage website (skill/competence)
- style sheet languages (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-14)

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

### Hard skills

- web design — **57 %**
- api integration — **43 %**
- database optimization — **29 %**
- drupal development — **29 %**
- html coding — **29 %**
- html5 coding — **29 %**
- javascript development — **29 %**
- php programming — **29 %**
- user interface design — **29 %**
- user interface development — **14 %**
- test report generation — **14 %**
- theme development — **14 %**
- ui design — **14 %**
- ui/ux critique — **14 %**
- user flow analysis — **14 %**
- user testing — **14 %**
- ux design — **14 %**
- visual hierarchy understanding — **14 %**
- performance optimization — **14 %**
- responsive design — **14 %**
- security best practices — **14 %**
- site animation — **14 %**
- sql scripting — **14 %**
- technical guidance — **14 %**
- web development — **14 %**
- web optimization — **14 %**
- web page design — **14 %**
- web accessibility — **14 %**
- xml scripting — **14 %**
- javascript framework development — **14 %**
- javascript programming — **14 %**
- interaction design — **14 %**
- html — **14 %**
- drupal module development — **14 %**
- front-end development — **14 %**
- documentation — **14 %**
- debugging — **14 %**
- css coding — **14 %**
- css styling — **14 %**
- css3 coding — **14 %**
- css3 styling — **14 %**
- cross-functional collaboration — **14 %**
- css — **14 %**
- accessibility — **14 %**
- accessibility testing — **14 %**
- aesthetic evaluation — **14 %**

### Methods

- sprint planning — **43 %**
- wcag 2.1+ accessibility guidelines — **29 %**
- agile methodologies — **29 %**
- continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) — **29 %**
- psr-4 coding standards — **29 %**
- peer review — **14 %**
- headless architecture — **14 %**
- dhs trusted tester methodology — **14 %**
- aria roles — **14 %**
- agile development — **14 %**
- continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) — **14 %**
- wcag 2.0 standards — **14 %**
- semantic html structure — **14 %**
- responsive design — **14 %**
- section 508 compliance — **14 %**
- vpat 2.0 templates — **14 %**
- W3C standards — **14 %**
- version control — **14 %**

### Responsibilities

- website development — **43 %**
- website maintenance — **29 %**
- website design — **29 %**
- security patching — **29 %**
- web page design — **29 %**
- troubleshooting — **29 %**
- site maintenance — **29 %**
- integration development — **29 %**
- junior designer mentorship — **14 %**
- model training — **14 %**
- module building — **14 %**
- module upgrades — **14 %**
- documentation maintenance — **14 %**
- integration building — **14 %**
- content creation — **14 %**
- code optimization — **14 %**
- code review — **14 %**
- design implementation — **14 %**
- design optimization — **14 %**
- acr preparation — **14 %**
- accessibility validation — **14 %**
- accessibility enhancement implementation — **14 %**
- ai output review — **14 %**
- ai quality evaluation — **14 %**
- technical guidance — **14 %**
- test plan documentation — **14 %**
- requirement gathering — **14 %**
- security compliance — **14 %**
- testing and debugging — **14 %**
- theme creation — **14 %**
- user interface feature development — **14 %**
- user interface implementation — **14 %**
- web solution delivery — **14 %**
- web content accessibility assurance — **14 %**
- workflow improvement — **14 %**

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