Basic Computer Skills

For advanced computer skills, switch to one of our other guides. Each one has computer skills lists for each profession to show you how to describe your computer skills on a dedicated resume sample:

For IT and Computer Science Skills Resume Lists:

• IT Resume
• Computer Science Resume
• Programmer Resume
• Software Engineer Resume
• Web Developer Resume
• Web Designer Resume
• DevOps Resume
• UX Designer Resume & UI Developer Resume
• Network Administrator Resume
• System Administrator Resume
• Computer Technician Resume

For General Technical Computer Skills Resume Lists:

• Help Desk Resume
• Data Analyst Resume
• Data Scientist Resume
• Business Analyst Resume
• Project Manager Resume
• Product Manager Resume
• Data Entry Resume
• Technical Resume

List of Computer Skills for Resume

Basic Computer Skills

• MS Office
• Word
• Excel
• Outlook
• Powerpoint
• OneNote
• Access
• Google Drive
• Docs
• Sheets
• Slides
• Forms
• Spreadsheets
• Excel
• Google Sheets
• OpenOffice Calc
• Pro tip: List specific skills such as: pivot tables, comparative analyses, link to database, macros, sensitivity tables, vertical lookups.
• Email
• mail merge
• filters
• folders
• rules
• Presentations/Slideshows
• Powerpoint
• Google Slides
• OpenOffice Impress
• Tableu
• Database Management
• MS Access
• Oracle
• Teradata
• IBM DB2
• MySQL
• SQL
• Quickbooks
• Pro tip: talk about specific applications of your skills: Expense tracking, accounts payable, invoicing, cash flow management, employee time tracking, reports, payroll
• Social Media
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Pro tip: Explain how you apply your social media skills, e.g., talk about giveaways, post engagement metrics, reach, customer interaction
• Web
• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• WordPress
• Joomla
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• code libraries
• Writing Skills
• WordPress
• Yoast
• SEO
• technical writing, journalism, research, ghostwriting
• Pro tip: Few are impressed by MS Word mastery, but a great WPM score does great for jobs in which turnaround matters!
• Graphics
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Acrobat
• Corel Draw
• HTML/CSS 
• Enterprise Systems. Automated Billing Systems, Payment Processing, Customer Relationship Management (Salesforce, Oracle Netsuite) Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle, SAP) Business Intelligence, Business Continuity Planning

Advanced Computer Skills 

• Web Development
• Open Source
• Data Structures
• Coding
• Security
• Machine Learning
• Debugging

Software Skills

• Java
• PHP
• MySQL
• SQL
• C#
• JavaScript
• C++
• Python
• iOS/Swift
• Ruby on Rails

Computer Hardware Skills

• System Administration
• Network Configuration
• Software Installation
• Security
• Cisco
• Tech Support
• Updates
• Project Management
• Research
• Vendor Management
• TCI/IP
• DNS
• DHCP
• WAN/LAN
• Windows
• Linux/Unix
• Ubuntu
• Virtualized Networks
• Network Automation
• Cloud Management
• AI/Machine Learning