Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a ethical hacker can go next

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

Ethical hackers perform security vulnerability assessments and penetration tests in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols. They analyse systems for potential vulnerabilities that may result from improper system configuration, hardware or software flaws, or operational weaknesses.

Professionals 74 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: director of compliance and information security, 58%

director of compliance and in… 58% covered cybersecurity risk manager 52% covered digital forensics expert 49% covered ICT security administrator 49% covered embedded systems security eng… 49% covered ethical hacker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from ethical hacker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a ethical hacker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a ethical hacker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.