Data engineer to ICT information and knowledge manager
A data engineer already meets 18% of what the ICT information and knowledge manager role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
83.5/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT information and knowledge manager is expected to do is already part of a data engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ICT information and knowledge manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT information and knowledge manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a data engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- create data models
- data models
- data storage
- manage ICT data architecture
- unstructured data
What stands in the way is 21 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT information and knowledge manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a data engineer background worth leading with.
- already held implement data warehousing techniques working with computers
- already held manage ICT data architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create data models information skills
- already held data models information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held use databases working with computers
- already held unstructured data information and communication technologies (icts)
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the ICT information and knowledge manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn attack vectors required
- still to learn data mining required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn information architecture required
- still to learn information extraction required
- still to learn information security strategy required
- still to learn information structure required
- still to learn online analytical processing required
- optional, not held data protection optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
- still to learn manage data collection systems required
- still to learn analyse the context of an organisation required
- still to learn interpret current data required
- still to learn manage information sources required
- still to learn structure information required
- optional, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held manage information access aids optional
- still to learn assess informational needs required
- still to learn deliver visual presentation of data required
- optional, not held design information system optional
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- still to learn define technology strategy required
- still to learn manage business knowledge required
- optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- still to learn business intelligence required
- still to learn business processes required
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- still to learn migrate existing data required
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held perform data mining optional
- optional, not held utilise decision support system optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT information and knowledge manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held create data models skill
- already held data models knowledge
- already held data storage knowledge
- already held manage ICT data architecture skill
- already held unstructured data knowledge
- already held implement data warehousing techniques skill
- already held use databases skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn information categorisation required
- optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
- optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
- optional, not held data protection optional
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- optional, not held design information system optional
- optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- optional, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held manage information access aids optional
- optional, not held perform data mining optional
- optional, not held utilise decision support system optional
21 held skills the ICT information and knowledge manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role SAS Data Management knowledge
- not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse pipeline database information skill
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role create data sets skill
- not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role data warehouse knowledge
- not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role design database in the cloud skill
- not needed by the target role develop data processing applications skill
- not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
- not needed by the target role establish data processes skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
- not needed by the target role manage research data skill
- not needed by the target role perform dimensionality reduction skill
- not needed by the target role process data skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role store digital data and systems skill
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
14 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn attack vectors required
- still to learn data mining required
- still to learn decision support systems required
- still to learn information architecture required
- still to learn information categorisation required
- still to learn information extraction required
- still to learn information security strategy required
- still to learn information structure required
- still to learn online analytical processing required
- still to learn business intelligence required
- still to learn business processes required
- optional, not held data protection optional
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- optional, not held information confidentiality optional
Common questions about this move
Can a data engineer become an ICT information and knowledge manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A data engineer already covers 18% of what an ICT information and knowledge manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the ICT information and knowledge manager role treats as required.
What skills does a data engineer need to become an ICT information and knowledge manager?
21 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is assess informational needs.
How hard is the move from data engineer to ICT information and knowledge manager?
Its learning distance is 83.5 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.