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Where an ICT network engineer can go next

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

ICT network engineers implement, maintain and support computer networks. They also perform network modelling, analysis, and planning. They may also design network and computer security measures. They may research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.

Also known as networks designer, networks developer, network configurator, network developer, network engineers, networks engineer.

Professionals 98 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: mobile application developer, 81%

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 network engineer, 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 engineer 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 network engineer needs 23 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

analyse network configuration and performance working with computers
forecast future ICT network needs information skills
implement ICT network diagnostic tools working with computers
design computer network communication, collaboration and creativity
network engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
network standards information and communication technologies (icts)
ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)
mobile operating systems information and communication technologies (icts)
ICT performance analysis methods information and communication technologies (icts)
develop automated migration methods management skills

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT network engineer 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 engineer’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.