Technology Skills

Purpose:Provide Technology Skills examples.
Structure and Description:
ColumnTypeColumn Content
O*NET-SOC CodeCharacter(10)O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data)
TitleCharacter Varying(150)O*NET-SOC Title (see Occupation Data)
ExampleCharacter Varying(150)Technology skill example
Commodity CodeInteger(8)UNSPSC commodity code (see UNSPSC Reference)
Commodity TitleCharacter Varying(150)UNSPSC commodity title (see UNSPSC Reference)

This file contains the Technology Skills examples, including hot technologies, associated with O*NET-SOC occupations. The columns “Commodity Code” and “Commodity Title” classify the example under the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC). See the UNSPSC Reference section for more information.

The “Hot Technology” column indicates requirements frequently included in employer job postings. A concise list of all hot technologies may be downloaded from O*NET OnLine.

We welcome feedback on the Technology Skills database. We accept suggestions for new technology skills via our feedback process. Suggestions will be considered for a future update of the Technology Skills database.

The file is displayed in six tab delimited fields with the columns named O*NET-SOC Code, Title, Example, Commodity Code, Commodity Title, and Hot Technology. The six fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 29,016 rows of data in this file.

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File Structure Changes:
Release NumberDescription of Change
23.2Added as a new file
23.3 - 24.2No structure changes

Data Example - Technology Skills:
O*NET-SOC CodeTitleExampleCommodity CodeCommodity TitleHot Technology
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions ManagersActuate BIRT43232314Business intelligence and data analysis softwareN
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions ManagersAdobe Systems Adobe Acrobat43232202Document management softwareY
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions ManagersAdobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects43232103Video creation and editing softwareY
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions ManagersAdobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite43232402Development environment softwareN
11-2011.00Advertising and Promotions ManagersAdobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver43232107Web page creation and editing softwareN