Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a software manager can go next

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

Software managers oversee the acquisition and development of software systems in order to provide support to all organisational units. They also monitor the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.

Also known as software managers, software applications manager, applications manager, ICT applications manager, soft manager.

Managers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT research manager, 32%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT research manager 32% covered ICT project manager 26% covered ICT operations manager 24% covered ICT consultant 20% covered ICT product manager 20% covered software manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from software manager, 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 manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A software manager needs 23 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
  • evaluate cost of software products information skills
  • software metrics information and communication technologies (icts)
  • unified modelling language information and communication technologies (icts)
  • apply ICT system usage policies assisting and caring
  • apply system organisational policies assisting and caring
  • ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
  • manage business knowledge management skills
  • manage ICT project management skills
  • use ICT ticketing system working with computers
  • create software design communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Software manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 manager’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.