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

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

ICT system architects design architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a multi-components system to meet specified requirements.

Also known as systems architect, IT systems architect, information systems architect, ICT system architects, solution architect, ICT systems architect, ICT systems architects, IT system architect.

Professionals 92 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 69% covered software architect 66% covered computer-aided design operator 65% covered knowledge engineer 61% covered database designer 59% covered ICT system architect You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT system 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 system 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 system architect 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
  • design enterprise architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • acquire system component working with computers
  • align software with system architectures working with computers
  • design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage system testing constructing
  • systems theory information and communication technologies (icts)
  • apply ICT systems theory working with computers
  • hardware platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • system design information and communication technologies (icts)
  • assess ICT knowledge management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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ICT system 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 system 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.