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Where an ICT change and configuration manager can go next

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

ICT change and configuration managers organise and implement a process to manage changes throughout the lifecycle of ICT assets such as software, applications, ICT systems, etc. ICT change and configuration managers have a sound knowledge of the main technologies and processes used in system engineering and to manage the lifecycle of ICT systems and subsystems.

Also known as configuration manager, application lifecycle manager, software change and configuration manager.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT application configurator, 26%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT application configurator 26% covered embedded systems software dev… 23% covered mobile application developer 20% covered integration engineer 19% covered ICT system developer 19% covered ICT change and configurat… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT change and configuration manager, 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 change and configuration manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An ICT change and configuration manager 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 software releases management skills
  • manage ICT virtualisation environments working with computers
  • deploy ICT systems working with computers
  • project configuration management business, administration and law
  • administer ICT system working with computers
  • manage changes in ICT system working with computers
  • DevOps information and communication technologies (icts)
  • develop automated migration methods management skills
  • tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
  • ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT change and configuration manager 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 change and configuration manager’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.