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Where an ICT presales engineer can go next

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

ICT presales engineers actively drive and manage the ICT evaluation stage of the sales process, working in conjunction with the sales team. They provide technical guidance to pre-sales personnel and plan and modify product ICT configurations to meet client requirements. They pursue additional business development opportunities.

Also known as IT presales technician, ICT presales technician, IT presales engineer, ICT presale support, ICT presales engineers.

Professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT account manager, 21%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT account manager 21% covered ICT operations manager 20% covered ICT product manager 20% covered eBusiness manager 18% covered commercial director 15% covered ICT presales engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT presales 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 presales engineer 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 presales engineer needs 13 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
  • customer segmentation business, administration and law
  • keep up to date on product knowledge information skills
  • ICT sales methodologies business, administration and law
  • develop revenue generation strategies management skills
  • define technology strategy management skills
  • business intelligence business, administration and law
  • prepare scientific reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define technical requirements management skills
  • comply with legal regulations assisting and caring
  • apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT presales 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 presales 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.