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3D content and animation
Modeling, animation and authoring of three-dimensional digital assets.
Graphics, games and extended reality
20 technologies
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Advertising and monetisation services
Services and SDKs for delivering advertisements, mediation and monetising digital applications or content. Excludes payment processing.
Business applications and commerce Marketing technology
3 technologies
CATEGORY
AI application orchestration
Composition of model calls, retrieval, agents and tool use into applications.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
4 technologies
CATEGORY
AI evaluation and monitoring
Assessment of model quality, behavior, safety and production performance.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
3 technologies
CATEGORY
API design and documentation tools
Tools for designing, documenting and generating client or server code for APIs.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
API gateways and management
API routing, access policy, lifecycle management and developer access.
22 technologies
CATEGORY
API languages and specifications
Named API query languages, interface specifications and interoperability contracts; excludes generic API architecture skills.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Application runtimes
Managed execution environments and virtual machines for application code.
19 technologies
CATEGORY
Application security testing
Discovery of security defects in source code and running applications.
12 technologies
CATEGORY
Artifact registries
Storage, versioning and distribution of build artifacts and container images.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Augmented and virtual reality
Immersive interfaces and applications combining physical and virtual environments.
Graphics, games and extended reality
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Backend web frameworks
Server-side request handling and application structure for web services.
59 technologies
CATEGORY
Backup and disaster recovery
Data backup, restoration and recovery of services after disruption.
Observability and IT operations
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Batch and distributed processing
Parallel or scheduled computation over bounded datasets.
Data engineering and analytics
15 technologies
CATEGORY
Blockchain and distributed ledger platforms
Blockchain networks, distributed ledger platforms, and their core protocol implementations.
13 technologies
CATEGORY
Browser and end-to-end testing
Automation of user journeys across running application boundaries.
47 technologies
CATEGORY
Browser APIs and web standards
Interoperable browser capabilities, document formats and web platform specifications.
8 technologies
CATEGORY
Build systems
Compilation, dependency graphs and assembly of software artifacts.
9 technologies
CATEGORY
Business intelligence and visualization
Reporting, dashboards and visual exploration of business data.
Data engineering and analytics
31 technologies
CATEGORY
CAD and engineering design
Computer-aided drafting, design and engineering model creation.
Scientific and engineering computing
18 technologies
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Cloud and infrastructure security
Security posture and protective controls for cloud and infrastructure resources.
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Cloud platforms
Integrated hosted compute, storage and infrastructure service ecosystems.
95 technologies
CATEGORY
Code analysis and formatting
Static inspection, linting, formatting and automated code quality checks.
7 technologies
CATEGORY
Commerce platforms
Online storefronts, product catalogs and commerce operations.
Business applications and commerce
32 technologies
CATEGORY
Compilers and interpreters
Translation and execution of source code, including compiler toolchains.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Computer vision
Analysis and understanding of images and video.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
4 technologies
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Containers and orchestration
Container packaging, runtime execution, scheduling and cluster management.
13 technologies
CATEGORY
Content delivery and edge networking
Distributed delivery, caching and request handling near users.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Content management systems
Authoring, managing and delivering website or application content.
29 technologies
CATEGORY
Continuous integration and delivery
Automated integration, validation and deployment pipelines.
19 technologies
CATEGORY
Cross-platform mobile development
Shared application code and interfaces across mobile operating systems.
Mobile application development
10 technologies
CATEGORY
CSS and web styling
Stylesheets, styling utilities, preprocessors and layout systems for the web.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Customer relationship management
Sales pipelines, customer records and account relationship workflows.
Business applications and commerce
33 technologies
CATEGORY
Customer service and support
Customer help desks, support conversations and service workflows.
Business applications and commerce
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Data integration and transformation
Ingestion, replication, ETL, ELT and transformation of datasets.
Data engineering and analytics
14 technologies
CATEGORY
Data quality and governance
Data validation, cataloging, lineage, stewardship and access governance.
Data engineering and analytics
2 technologies
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Data warehouses and lakehouses
Integrated storage and compute systems for analytical data workloads.
Data engineering and analytics
17 technologies
CATEGORY
Data workflow orchestration
Scheduling and coordinating dependent data tasks and pipelines.
Data engineering and analytics
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Database access and administration
Query builders, object mapping, schema migrations and database administration tools.
31 technologies
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Desktop application frameworks
Frameworks and UI toolkits for building native or cross-platform desktop applications.
9 technologies
CATEGORY
Developer documentation
Authoring and publishing technical documentation and API references.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Developer editors and IDEs
Source editors and integrated environments for building and navigating code.
24 technologies
CATEGORY
Developer portals and platform engineering
Internal service catalogs, self-service workflows and shared development platforms.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Device communication protocols
Interoperable communication among devices, sensors and gateways.
12 technologies
CATEGORY
Digital asset and document management
Organization, storage and lifecycle management of documents and media assets.
21 technologies
CATEGORY
Distributed tracing and APM
Request tracing and application performance analysis across services.
Observability and IT operations
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Document databases
Storage and querying of document-shaped records.
8 technologies
CATEGORY
Embedded development and RTOS
Firmware toolchains and real-time operating systems for embedded devices.
23 technologies
CATEGORY
Endpoint and network protection
Protective controls for devices, hosts and network traffic.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Enterprise computing systems
Named enterprise server and integrated computing system families, including historical platforms; distinct from operating systems.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Enterprise resource planning
Integrated management of business resources and operational transactions.
Business applications and commerce
92 technologies
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Feature flags and release management
Controlled exposure, staged rollout and coordination of software releases.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Finance and accounting
Accounting, financial planning, billing records and financial operations.
Business applications and commerce
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Frontend application frameworks
Structure, state and rendering for interactive browser applications.
64 technologies
CATEGORY
Game engines and development
Game runtime systems, authoring tools and game development frameworks.
Graphics, games and extended reality
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Geospatial systems
Storage, processing, mapping and analysis of geographic information.
Scientific and engineering computing
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Graph databases
Storage and traversal of entities and relationships as graphs.
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Graphics and rendering
Image synthesis, graphics APIs and real-time or offline rendering.
Graphics, games and extended reality
15 technologies
CATEGORY
Human resources and workforce management
Employee records, recruiting, payroll and workforce processes.
Business applications and commerce
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Identity and access management
Authentication, authorization, federation and identity lifecycle management.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Incident response and on-call
Alert routing, incident coordination and on-call workflows.
Observability and IT operations
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Infrastructure as code
Declarative or programmable provisioning and configuration of infrastructure.
12 technologies
CATEGORY
IoT platforms and device management
Device provisioning, fleet management and connected-device application services.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
IT service and asset management
Service requests, operational configuration and IT asset tracking.
Observability and IT operations
11 technologies
CATEGORY
Key-value stores and caches
Key-addressed data storage and caching for application access patterns.
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Knowledge management and wikis
Shared knowledge bases, structured notes and collaborative reference content.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Language models and generative AI
Models and services that generate language, images, audio or other content.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
26 technologies
CATEGORY
Log management
Collection, indexing, querying and retention of operational logs.
Observability and IT operations
7 technologies
CATEGORY
Low-code and no-code application platforms
Platforms for building applications primarily through visual models, configuration, and low-code or no-code tooling.
10 technologies
CATEGORY
Machine learning frameworks
Libraries and frameworks for fitting and running machine learning models.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
16 technologies
CATEGORY
Marketing technology
Campaign management, marketing automation and audience engagement.
Business applications and commerce
13 technologies
CATEGORY
Media processing and streaming
Audio and video encoding, processing, playback and streaming delivery.
Graphics, games and extended reality
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Messaging and event brokers
Delivery, buffering and routing of messages and events between systems.
21 technologies
CATEGORY
Metrics and infrastructure monitoring
Collection and analysis of operational measurements and resource health.
Observability and IT operations
11 technologies
CATEGORY
Mobile application services
Mobile-focused backend, notification, synchronization and device integration services.
Mobile application development
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Mobile testing and distribution
Device testing, application packaging and mobile release distribution.
Mobile application development
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Model serving and inference
Deployment, optimization and execution of trained models.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Model training and experimentation
Training pipelines, experiment tracking and model artifact management.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Native mobile development
Platform-specific mobile application SDKs, frameworks and tooling.
Mobile application development
16 technologies
CATEGORY
Network connectivity and DNS
Naming, addressing, routing and secure connectivity between network endpoints.
22 technologies
CATEGORY
Numerical and statistical computing
Numerical methods, statistical analysis and mathematical computation.
Scientific and engineering computing
15 technologies
CATEGORY
Object and file storage
File systems, object stores and shared storage services.
7 technologies
CATEGORY
Operating systems
System software managing hardware resources and application execution.
18 technologies
CATEGORY
Package and dependency management
Discovery, installation, resolution and versioning of software dependencies.
7 technologies
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Payments and billing
Payment acceptance, subscriptions, invoicing and transaction processing.
Business applications and commerce
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Performance and load testing
Measurement of throughput, latency and behavior under workload.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Product and digital analytics
Measurement of application usage, digital journeys and product experiments.
Data engineering and analytics
8 technologies
CATEGORY
Product information management
Software for managing, enriching and distributing product information across channels.
Business applications and commerce
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Product lifecycle management
Software managing product definitions, engineering changes and product lifecycle information.
Business applications and commerce
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Productivity and office software
Document authoring, spreadsheets, presentations and general office workflows.
9 technologies
CATEGORY
Programming languages
General-purpose and specialized languages for expressing executable programs.
70 technologies
CATEGORY
Project and work management
Planning, tracking and coordinating projects, tasks and team work.
6 technologies
CATEGORY
Relational databases
Structured records managed through relational models and transactional query interfaces.
39 technologies
CATEGORY
Robotics and automation
Robot software, control frameworks and programmable physical automation.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
RPC and serialization
Remote procedure calls, interface definitions and structured message encoding.
16 technologies
CATEGORY
Scientific notebooks
Interactive computational documents combining executable code and results.
Scientific and engineering computing
3 technologies
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Search engines
Indexing and retrieval of text and structured content.
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Secrets and key management
Protected storage, distribution and rotation of credentials and cryptographic keys.
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Security operations and threat detection
Security event analysis, threat detection and response workflows.
10 technologies
CATEGORY
Serverless computing
Managed execution of functions and applications with provider-managed resource allocation.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Service meshes and discovery
Service-to-service traffic policy, discovery and communication infrastructure.
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Software supply-chain security
Dependency, artifact and build provenance verification and protection.
4 technologies
CATEGORY
Speech and language processing
Recognition, synthesis and analysis of speech and natural language.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Static sites and server rendering
Build-time and server-side generation of web pages and application views.
10 technologies
CATEGORY
Stream processing
Continuous computation over event and data streams.
Data engineering and analytics
5 technologies
CATEGORY
Systems administration tools
Software for configuring, accessing and administering operating systems and computing environments; excludes the administration skill itself.
Observability and IT operations
2 technologies
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Team communication and meetings
Team messaging, conferencing and real-time workplace communication.
1 technologies
CATEGORY
Time-series databases
Storage and querying optimized for timestamped measurements and events.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
UI components and design systems
Reusable interface components and shared visual implementation primitives.
15 technologies
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UI design and prototyping
Visual interface design, wireframing, interaction design, and interactive prototyping tools.
Graphics, games and extended reality
8 technologies
CATEGORY
Unit and integration testing
Automated checks of software components and service interactions.
16 technologies
CATEGORY
Vector search and databases
Embedding storage, similarity indexes and nearest-neighbor retrieval.
2 technologies
CATEGORY
Version control and code hosting
Source history, change collaboration and repository hosting.
10 technologies
CATEGORY
Virtualization
Virtual machines, hypervisors and virtualized infrastructure resources.
11 technologies
CATEGORY
Web servers and reverse proxies
Serving HTTP content and forwarding incoming web requests.
7 technologies
CATEGORY
Wide-column databases
Distributed storage organized around column families and partitioned rows.
3 technologies
CATEGORY
Workflow automation and integration platforms
Connecting applications and automating cross-system business workflows.
19 technologies
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