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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)

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 %