Table 1Transition record

database designertosystem configurator

A database designer already meets 51% of what the system configurator role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database designer

51%

Overlap1

To system configurator

55 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

61.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the system configurator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A system configurator role treats 3 of its required skills as things a database designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

define technical requirements
develop automated migration methods
migrate existing data

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 55 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A system configurator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held Oracle Relational Database information and communication technologies (icts)
already held CA Datacom/DB information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ObjectStore information and communication technologies (icts)

All 55 carried skills, including the 3 the system configurator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held analyse software specifications required
required, not held configure ICT system required
required, not held integrate system components required
required, not held replicate customer software issues required

optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 17 supplementary

required, not held ICT performance analysis methods required
required, not held ICT system user requirements required
required, not held digital systems required

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held core banking software optional
optional, not held data storage optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held solution deployment optional
optional, not held hardware components optional

03 information skills 2 required

required, not held interpret technical texts required
required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required

04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held ICT infrastructure required

optional, not held embedded systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held interfacing techniques optional

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held create flowchart diagram required

optional, not held create solutions to problems optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held cognitive psychology required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a system configurator 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 55 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held define technical requirements skill
already held develop automated migration methods skill
already held migrate existing data skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held DB2 knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held IBM Informix knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Access knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held MySQL knowledge
already held ObjectStore knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
already held Oracle Relational Database knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held PostgreSQL knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held SQL Server knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held Teradata Database knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held database management systems knowledge
already held manage cloud data and storage skill

25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held core banking software optional
optional, not held data storage optional
optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
optional, not held embedded systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held solution deployment optional
optional, not held use logic programming optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held hardware components optional
optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional

48 held skills the system configurator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
not needed by the target role Oracle WebLogic knowledge
not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role create data sets skill
not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
not needed by the target role create software design skill
not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role data models knowledge
not needed by the target role data science knowledge
not needed by the target role database knowledge
not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
not needed by the target role define database physical structure skill
not needed by the target role design database backup specifications skill
not needed by the target role design database in the cloud skill
not needed by the target role design database scheme skill
not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
not needed by the target role manage database skill
not needed by the target role manage standards for data exchange skill
not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge

8 further entries not listed here

25 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held ICT infrastructure required
required, not held ICT performance analysis methods required
required, not held ICT system user requirements required
required, not held cognitive psychology required
required, not held digital systems required
optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT architectural frameworks optional
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Open source model optional
optional, not held Outsourcing model optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held core banking software optional
optional, not held data storage optional
optional, not held embedded systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held hybrid model optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held software architecture models optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held solution deployment optional
optional, not held hardware components optional

Index

Other moves recorded from database designer

Full index of moves from database designer

Note

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.