Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Database developer to system configurator

A database developer already meets 56% of what the system configurator role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From database developer
56 % overlap
Partial match
To system configurator
60 You already bring
11 Still to learn
92 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.5/ 100

1 How much of what a system configurator is expected to do is already part of a database developer’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 system configurator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A system configurator role treats 4 of its required skills as things a database developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT infrastructure
  • collect customer feedback on applications
  • integrate system components
  • interpret technical texts

What stands in the way is 11 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 60 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 developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ICT power consumption information and communication technologies (icts)
  • 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)

All 60 carried skills, including the 4 the system configurator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse software specifications required
  • still to learn configure ICT system required
  • still to learn migrate existing data required
  • still to learn 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, 15 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
  • still to learn ICT system user requirements required
  • still to learn 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 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 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 management skills 2 required
  • still to learn develop automated migration methods required
  • still to learn define technical requirements required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • still to learn create flowchart diagram required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • still to learn cognitive psychology required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held embedded systems optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
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 60 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held interpret technical texts 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 ICT power consumption 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 create solutions to problems skill
  • already held data storage knowledge
  • already held database management systems knowledge
  • already held hardware architectures knowledge
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up 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 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 do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held embedded systems 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 hardware components optional
  • optional, not held use ICT ticketing system optional
56 held skills the system configurator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Ajax Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework 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 Application Development Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS Data Management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
  • not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role balance database resources skill
  • not needed by the target role create data models skill
  • not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
  • not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage business knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill

16 further entries not listed here

21 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
  • still to learn ICT system user requirements required
  • still to learn cognitive psychology required
  • still to learn 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 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 embedded systems 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
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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a database developer become a system configurator?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A database developer already covers 56% of what a system configurator is expected to do: 60 skills carry over, 4 of which the system configurator role treats as required.

What skills does a database developer need to become a system configurator?

11 required skills are missing, plus 21 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT performance analysis methods.

How hard is the move from database developer to system configurator?

Its learning distance is 56.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.