Where an ICT system developer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an ICT system developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
ICT system developers maintain, audit and improve organisational support systems. They use existing or new technologies to meet particular needs. They test both hardware and software system components, diagnose and resolve system faults.
Also known as systems programmer, ICT system developers, systems developer, IT system developer, chief ICT system developer, ICT systems developer, system developer, component developer, system software developer, ICT systems developers.
Professionals 97 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT application developer, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An ICT system developer needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- keep up with the latest information systems solutions information skills
- ICT system integration information and communication technologies (icts)
- develop automated migration methods management skills
- create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
- use software design patterns communication, collaboration and creativity
- integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
- tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
- use software libraries working with computers
- collect customer feedback on applications information skills
- ICT system programming information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT system developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- mobile application developer 77% covered · difficulty 36.6
- software developer 76% covered · difficulty 37.8
- ICT application developer 75% covered · difficulty 38.8
- embedded systems software developer 72% covered · difficulty 42.6
- industrial mobile devices software developer 72% covered · difficulty 42.3
- web developer 72% covered · difficulty 42.3
- ICT application configurator 69% covered · difficulty 46.6
- digital games developer 65% covered · difficulty 49.8
- software architect 51% covered · difficulty 62.7
- cloud engineer 26% covered · difficulty 82
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ICT system developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT system developer’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.