Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a blockchain developer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a blockchain developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Blockchain developers implement or program blockchain-based software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and blockchain platforms.

Also known as DLT engineer, blockchain development engineer, decentralized ledger technology specialist, blockchain engineer, DLT specialist.

Professionals 60 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: blockchain architect, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
blockchain architect 66% covered embedded systems software dev… 23% covered digital games developer 21% covered mobile application developer 20% covered ICT application developer 20% covered blockchain developer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from blockchain developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a blockchain developer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A blockchain developer needs 43 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • analyse decentralised applications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • implement smart contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • smart contract programming languages information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain application areas information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain applications information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain applications security principles information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain architecture information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain components information and communication technologies (icts)
  • blockchain design patterns information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a blockchain developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Blockchain developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a blockchain developer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.