Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an ICT consultant can go next

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

ICT consultants provide advice on how to optimise the use of existing tools and systems, make recommendations for the development and implementation of a business project or technological solution and contribute to project definitions. They raise awareness on information technology innovations and their potential value to a business. They also participate in the assessment and choice of ICT solutions.

Also known as ICT ERP consultant, ICT advisor, IT advisor, IT consultant, IT compliance consultant.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT system integration consultant, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT system integration consul… 36% covered green ICT consultant 26% covered ICT business analyst 22% covered software manager 19% covered ICT system analyst 17% covered ICT consultant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT consultant, 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 consultant 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 consultant needs 21 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
  • verify formal ICT specifications information skills
  • ICT sales methodologies business, administration and law
  • keep up with the latest information systems solutions information skills
  • manage standard enterprise resource planning system working with computers
  • provide user documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse ICT system working with computers
  • identify technological needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage changes in ICT system working with computers
  • ICT system integration information and communication technologies (icts)
  • manage ICT project management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT consultant 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 consultant’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.