During the past months, EU Heritage partners have conducted a research to identify the skills and needs in the cultural heritage sector and other related industries, in order to elaborate a skills profile for cultural heritage managers and other professionals who are active in the heritage promotion, valorisation, exploitation, mediation and interpretation. The research was carried out from February to September 2019, and included three main activities: desk research to map training programmes and activities, quantitative research (survey) and qualitative research (interviews with experts and policymakers). Here we present some of the main findings of this research work. The final research report will be published soon.