These datasets are related to a paper by Walter et al. published in the European Journal of Soil Science and entitled "Identification of soil-related professional profiles for the future from a survey of European stakeholders". Stakeholders from 24 European countries, selected by the national hubs of the European Joint Programme on agricultural soil management, were invited to propose soil-related professional profiles that they considered important to develop over the next 20 years. They were then asked to identify up to 15 specific or generic skills that they considered necessary for each profile. In total, 299 stakeholders proposed 1-3 professional profiles each, in 20 languages : a total of 786 profiles ranging from the bachelor to doctoral level were proposed and, after translation in English, grouped in 60 different profiles. Statistical analysis of these data led to the grouping of the 60 initial profiles into 10 clusters of profiles that required similar skills: these 10 clusters of profiles were described, and their necessary skills were identified.