Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an ICT network architect can go next

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

ICT network architects design the topology and connectivity of ICT network such as hardware, infrastructure, communication and hardware components.

Also known as network designer, network architects.

Professionals 55 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT network technician, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT network technician 58% covered communication infrastructure … 39% covered cloud architect 35% covered ICT network administrator 33% covered telecommunications engineer 31% covered ICT network architect You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT network architect, 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 network architect already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An ICT network architect needs 28 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
  • define ICT network design policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design ICT hardware placement management skills
  • maintain information network hardware working with computers
  • adjust ICT system capacity working with computers
  • maintain internet protocol configuration working with computers
  • analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
  • forecast future ICT network needs information skills
  • implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
  • ICT networking hardware information and communication technologies (icts)
  • design computer network communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT network architect 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 network architect’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.