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Where a sociologist can go next

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

Sociologists focus their research on explaining social behaviour and the way people have organised themselves as a society. They research and explain the way societies have evolved by describing their legal, political, and economic systems and their cultural expressions.

Also known as urban sociology science researcher, sociologists, rural sociology science researcher, urban sociology analyst, sociology science researcher, economic sociology research analyst, rural sociology research analyst, sociology research analyst, sociology analyst, urban sociology research scientist, economic sociology researcher, economic sociology analyst.

Professionals 81 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
anthropologist 80% covered religion scientific researcher 80% covered communication scientist 80% covered demographer 79% covered thanatology researcher 77% covered sociologist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sociologist, 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 a sociologist 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

A sociologist needs 44 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
  • study human societies information skills
  • observe human behaviour information skills
  • interpret current data information skills
  • gather data information skills
  • monitor sociological trends information skills
  • sociology social sciences, journalism and information
  • research design generic programmes and qualifications
  • geography natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • apply knowledge of human behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct qualitative research information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Sociologist 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 a sociologist’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.