Taxonomies
Information about the Taxonomies that Lightcast encodes data to.
24 articles
- Lightcast NAICS
- International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)The international taxonomy of qualification levels
- CIPS, SOCs, and their Relationship
- Lightcast Job TitlesLightcast maintains an extensive library of over 75,000 job titles. Raw titles are standardized to these titles.
- What are the Definitions of IPEDS' Award and Degree Levels?
- Lightcast Skills TaxonomyLightcast Skills is a comprehensive taxonomy of skills collected from job postings, resumes, and online profiles.
- Understanding Job Title vs Occupation
- Benefits TaxonomyLightcast offers data on benefits offered in US job postings.
Occupation Taxonomies
All the details about occupation taxonomies across Lightcast data
- Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy (LOT)Lightcast's bespoke, in-house occupation taxonomy - Granular, specific and global.
- US Standard Occupation Classification (SOC)National occupation taxonomy of the United States
- Lightcast SOC
- UK Standard Occupational Classification (UKSOC) - 2020SOC is the national occupation taxonomy of the UK
- Canada National Occupation Classification (NOC) - 2016NOC 2016 was the national occupation taxonomy of Canada, replaced by NOC 2021.
- ISCO / ESCO - International / European Standard Classification of OccupationsISCO is an international taxonomy of occupations. ESCO is an EU specific extension of this taxonomy.
- Updates to Canada NOC coding in job postingsThe way that Lightcast encodes job postings to NOC occupation categories in Canada is changing.
- US O*NET-SOC Occupation taxonomy (O*NET)The national occupation taxonomy of the United States.
- Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy - UpdateThe Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy (LOT) has been updated to ensure that it continues to accurately reflect the evolving labor market.
- List of changes in LOT v7All new concepts at the Occupation and Specialized Occupation level in Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy version 7.
- Changes to O*NET-SOC 2019 classification on US postings and profilesImprovements in our data classification will go live in April 2025
- Changes to UK SOC 2020 classification on UK job postings and profilesImprovements in our data classification will go live from April 2025
- Changes to NOC 2021 classification on Canada job postings and profilesImprovements in our data classification will go live from April 2025
- Changes to SSOC classification on Singapore job postingsThe way we are classifying our postings data to SSOC is changing
- Changes to ANZSCO classification on Australia and NZ job postingsThe way we are classifying our postings data to ANZSCO is changing.
- Update to UK SOC descriptions - June 2026