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Where an IoT developer can go next

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

IoT developers analyse and gather data for interpreting the pattern and predicting the result. They use artificial intelligence for managing the tasks and autonomous decisions, employing machine learning algorithms to create smarter devices through data sensors. IoT developers create software for connecting objects to systems and devices, or for programming these objects to make them function on their own.

Also known as IoT software developer.

Professionals 22 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: data engineer, 20%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 1 nearest destinations from IoT developer, 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 IoT developer already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

data engineer 20% covered · difficulty 79.2

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An IoT developer needs 18 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

perform dimensionality reduction working with computers
develop ICT workflow management skills
hardware testing methods information and communication technologies (icts)
machine learning information and communication technologies (icts)
design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
algorithms information and communication technologies (icts)
computer technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
principles of artificial intelligence information and communication technologies (icts)
use data processing techniques working with computers

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

data engineer 22% covered · difficulty 72.8

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IoT developer 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 IoT 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.