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Where an ICT application developer can go next

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

ICT application developers implement the ICT (software) applications based on the designs provided using application domain specific languages, tools, platforms and experience.

Also known as application developer, application software developers, application designer, app software developer, software programmer, application software engineer.

Professionals 91 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: industrial mobile devices software developer, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from ICT application 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 an ICT application developer 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

An ICT application developer needs 17 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

manage business knowledge management skills
propose ICT solutions to business problems communication, collaboration and creativity
develop automated migration methods management skills
identify customer requirements information skills
create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
use software design patterns communication, collaboration and creativity
integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
use software libraries working with computers
analyse software specifications working with computers

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT application 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 an ICT application 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.