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knowledge base

🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: cross-sector

An online library that contains information about a product or service to help customers finding answers to their queries.

knowledge base — an online library that contains information about a product or service to help customers finding answers to their queries. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 87.04/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within knowledge. It is currently listed by 2 occupations in our catalogue, including Customer service representatives, and Technical writers.

Category: knowledge › database and network design and administration SCI: 87.04/100 Also known as: IT knowledge base

Occupations that require knowledge base

Showing top 2 of 2 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

Customer service representatives 👥 800,000 · 🤖 7.7/10
Technical writers 👥 15,000 · 🤖 7.8/10

Frequently asked questions

What is knowledge base?

An online library that contains information about a product or service to help customers finding answers to their queries.

What category of skill is knowledge base?

ESCO classifies knowledge base under the knowledge category, specifically in the database and network design and administration subcategory.

Is knowledge base an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 87.04/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require knowledge base?

In our catalogue, 2 occupations list knowledge base as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include Customer service representatives, Technical writers.

How transferable is knowledge base between industries?

ESCO tags knowledge base as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is knowledge base the same as IT knowledge base?

Yes — knowledge base is also known as IT knowledge base. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn knowledge base?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands knowledge base and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.