Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a software analyst can go next

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

Software analysts elicit and prioritise user requirements, produce and document software specifications, test their application, and review them during software development. They act as the interface between the software users and the software development team.

Also known as software requirement analyst, programming analyst, software analysts, programmer analyst, application analyst, software requirements analyst, analyst of software.

Professionals 101 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
numerical tool and process co… 66% covered ICT system analyst 64% covered computer-aided design operator 61% covered software tester 56% covered enterprise architect 56% covered software analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from software analyst, 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 software analyst 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

A software analyst needs 19 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
  • manage ICT legacy implication working with computers
  • business requirements techniques business, administration and law
  • define software architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • software design methodologies information and communication technologies (icts)
  • design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • software architecture models information and communication technologies (icts)
  • create data models information skills
  • develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact with users to gather requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate requirements into visual design communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Software analyst 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 software analyst’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.