Where a user experience analyst can go next

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

User experience analysts assess client interaction and experience and analyse users' behaviours, attitudes, and emotions about the usage of a particular product, system or service. They make proposals for the improvement of the interface and usability of products, systems or services. In doing so, they take into consideration the practical, experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of human–computer interaction and product ownership, as well as the person's perceptions of system aspects such as utility, ease of use and efficiency, and user experience dynamics.

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

• ICT usability tester 51% covered · difficulty 55.3
• ICT accessibility tester 47% covered · difficulty 59.7
• digital games tester 33% covered · difficulty 66.4
• data entry supervisor 28% covered · difficulty 73
• ICT research manager 28% covered · difficulty 74.4

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a user experience analyst already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.