Table 1Transition record

ICT accessibility testertouser experience analyst

A ICT accessibility tester already meets 51% of what the user experience analyst role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT accessibility tester

51%

Overlap1

To user experience analyst

23 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

53.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the user experience analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT accessibility tester 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 user experience analyst role treats 9 of its required skills as things a ICT accessibility tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

application usability
assess users' interaction with ICT applications
behavioural science
cognitive psychology
conduct research interview
execute ICT user research activities

What stands in the way is 9 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A user experience analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT accessibility tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held use experience map working with computers
already held test system accessibility for users with special needs information skills
already held assess users' interaction with ICT applications management skills
already held execute ICT user research activities information skills
already held behavioural science social sciences, journalism and information
already held measure software usability constructing

All 23 carried skills, including the 9 the user experience analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 6 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held create prototype of user experience solutions required
required, not held analyse business requirements required
required, not held conduct qualitative research required
required, not held conduct quantitative research required
required, not held measure customer feedback required
required, not held report analysis results required

optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
optional, not held perform market research optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held software interaction design required

optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held software metrics optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held interactive media required

optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

04 management skills 1 required

required, not held define technical requirements required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held identify technological needs optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional

06 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held create website wireframe optional
optional, not held use access control software optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a user experience analyst 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 23 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held application usability knowledge
already held assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
already held behavioural science knowledge
already held cognitive psychology knowledge
already held conduct research interview skill
already held execute ICT user research activities skill
already held human-computer interaction knowledge
already held measure software usability skill
already held use experience map skill
already held Agile project management knowledge
already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
already held LDAP knowledge
already held LINQ knowledge
already held MDX knowledge
already held N1QL knowledge
already held Process-based management knowledge
already held SPARQL knowledge
already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
already held XQuery knowledge
already held lean project management knowledge
already held query languages knowledge
already held resource description framework query language knowledge
already held test system accessibility for users with special needs skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held online moderation techniques optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held create website wireframe optional
optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
optional, not held online moderation techniques optional
optional, not held software metrics optional
optional, not held use access control software optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held identify technological needs optional
optional, not held manage localisation optional
optional, not held perform market research optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

26 held skills the user experience analyst role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
not needed by the target role conduct ICT code review skill
not needed by the target role debug software skill
not needed by the target role design user interface skill
not needed by the target role develop ICT test suite skill
not needed by the target role develop automated software tests skill
not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
not needed by the target role provide software testing documentation skill
not needed by the target role replicate customer software issues skill
not needed by the target role report test findings skill
not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
not needed by the target role test for behavioural patterns skill
not needed by the target role test for emotional patterns skill
not needed by the target role tools for ICT test automation knowledge
not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
not needed by the target role web programming knowledge

7 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 software interaction design required
required, not held interactive media required
optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
optional, not held online moderation techniques optional
optional, not held software metrics optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held web analytics optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT accessibility tester

Full index of moves from ICT accessibility tester

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.