Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cosmologist can go next

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

Cosmologists focus on the study of the universe as a whole, which is made up by its origin, evolution and ultimate fate. They use tools and scientific instruments to observe and study other galaxies and astronomical objects such as stars, black holes, planets and other celestial bodies.

Also known as evolutionary cosmologist, cosmology scientist, observational cosmologist, theoretical cosmologist, cosmology data scientist, cosmology research scientist.

Professionals 76 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: oceanographer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
oceanographer 79% covered physicist 77% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered palaeontologist 74% covered demographer 73% covered cosmologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cosmologist, 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 cosmologist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A cosmologist needs 54 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
  • carry out scientific research in observatory information skills
  • define celestial bodies information skills
  • observe celestial objects information skills
  • analyse telescope images information skills
  • quantum mechanics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • quantum optics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • computational physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • operate telescopes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supercomputing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • aerospace engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Cosmologist 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 cosmologist’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.