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Where an ICT usability tester can go next

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

ICT usability testers ensure compliance with requirements and strive for optimal usability within the software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment). They also work closely with users (analysts) to research for and document user profiles, analyse tasks, workflows, and user scenarios.

Also known as usability developer, usability specialist, usability testers, user-friendliness tester.

Professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT test analyst, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT test analyst 78% covered digital games tester 77% covered ICT integration tester 65% covered ICT system tester 59% covered user experience analyst 51% covered ICT usability tester You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT usability tester, 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 usability tester 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 usability tester needs 17 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
  • use experience map working with computers
  • assess users' interaction with ICT applications management skills
  • create website wireframe working with computers
  • execute ICT user research activities information skills
  • test for behavioural patterns information skills
  • test for emotional patterns information skills
  • behavioural science social sciences, journalism and information
  • replicate customer software issues working with computers
  • measure software usability constructing
  • provide software testing documentation 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 usability tester does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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ICT usability tester 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 usability tester’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.