Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an integration engineer can go next

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

Integration engineers develop and implement solutions which coordinate applications across the enterprise or its units and departments. They evaluate existing components or systems to determine integration requirements and ensure that the final solutions meet organisational needs. They reuse components when possible and assist management in taking decisions. They perform ICT system integration troubleshooting.

Also known as IT integration engineer, ICT integration engineers, system integration engineer, software integration engineer.

Professionals 87 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 61%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 61% covered computer-aided design operator 54% covered embedded system designer 52% covered embedded systems software dev… 50% covered ICT application configurator 49% covered integration engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from integration 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 integration engineer 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 integration engineer needs 16 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 component interfaces working with computers
  • define integration strategy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • deploy ICT systems working with computers
  • analyse network bandwidth requirements working with computers
  • inter-organisational middleware system information and communication technologies (icts)
  • apply ICT system usage policies assisting and caring
  • software components suppliers information and communication technologies (icts)
  • hardware components suppliers business, administration and law
  • procurement of ICT network equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
  • ICT communications protocols engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Integration 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 integration 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.