Table 1Transition record

digital media designertowebmaster

A digital media designer already meets 55% of what the webmaster role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital media designer

55%

Overlap1

To webmaster

59 Skills carried over

14 Required, not held

59.3 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 59.3

This move: 59.3 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the webmaster role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital media 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 59 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A webmaster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital media designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held problem-solving with digital tools working with computers
already held authoring software information and communication technologies (icts)
already held web based collaborative platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
already held LESS information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Sass information and communication technologies (icts)
already held style sheet languages information and communication technologies (icts)

All 59 carried skills, including the 9 the webmaster role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 8 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 8 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held troubleshoot website required
required, not held digital communication and collaboration required
required, not held implement front-end website design required
required, not held maintain ICT server required
required, not held use scripting programming required
required, not held use software libraries required
required, not held apply tools for content development required
required, not held use ICT ticketing system required

optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held conduct search engine optimisation optional
optional, not held use databases optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 12 supplementary

required, not held domain name service required
required, not held proxy servers required

optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held WildFly optional
optional, not held data models optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held knowledge base optional
optional, not held system backup best practice optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

03 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held apply ICT system usage policies required

04 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held quality assurance methodologies required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

required, not held maintain responsive design required

06 information skills 1 required

required, not held study website behaviour patterns required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a webmaster 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 59 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held authoring software knowledge
already held develop digital content skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held graphics editor software knowledge
already held problem-solving with digital tools skill
already held style sheet languages knowledge
already held use markup languages skill
already held web based collaborative platforms knowledge
already held web programming knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CSS knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held JSSS knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held LESS knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl 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 Sass knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held Synfig knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held augmented reality knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held manage online content skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held enhance website visibility optional

08 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held cyber security optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held WildFly optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held data models optional
optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held conduct search engine optimisation optional
optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
optional, not held knowledge base optional
optional, not held system backup best practice optional
optional, not held use databases optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

44 held skills the webmaster role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
not needed by the target role Ansible knowledge
not needed by the target role Apache Maven knowledge
not needed by the target role Capture One knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role STAF knowledge
not needed by the target role Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role WebCMS knowledge
not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
not needed by the target role adobe creative suite knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role conduct content quality assurance skill
not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role create website wireframe skill
not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
not needed by the target role design graphics skill
not needed by the target role digital content creation skill
not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
not needed by the target role integrate content into output media skill
not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
not needed by the target role perform image editing skill
not needed by the target role perform online data analysis skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
not needed by the target role publishing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role study media sources skill
not needed by the target role take pictures skill
not needed by the target role task algorithmisation knowledge
not needed by the target role tools for software configuration management knowledge

4 further entries not listed here

16 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 domain name service required
required, not held proxy servers required
required, not held quality assurance methodologies required
optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held WildFly optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held data models optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held knowledge base optional
optional, not held system backup best practice optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

Index

Other moves recorded from digital media designer

Full index of moves from digital media 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.