Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT application configurator to embedded systems software developer

An ICT application configurator already meets 81% of what the embedded systems software developer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT application configurator
81 % overlap
Very strong match
To embedded systems software developer
63 You already bring
4 Still to learn
76 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Short step

29.9/ 100

1 How much of what an embedded systems software developer is expected to do is already part of an ICT application configurator’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 embedded systems software developer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An embedded systems software developer role treats 12 of its required skills as things an ICT application configurator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT debugging tools
  • analyse software specifications
  • computer programming
  • create flowchart diagram
  • debug software
  • develop software prototype

What stands in the way is 4 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 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An embedded systems software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT application configurator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Xcode information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use concurrent programming working with computers
  • already held use functional programming working with computers
  • already held KDevelop information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held develop automated migration methods management skills
  • already held use logic programming working with computers

All 63 carried skills, including the 12 the embedded systems software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 13 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn Internet of Things required
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • still to learn embedded systems required
03 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • still to learn develop ICT device driver required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an embedded systems software developer 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 63 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held analyse software specifications skill
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held create flowchart diagram skill
  • already held debug software skill
  • already held develop software prototype skill
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held use software design patterns skill
  • already held use software libraries skill
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Ansible knowledge
  • already held Apache Maven knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held KDevelop knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) 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 Puppet (tools for software configuration management) 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 STAF knowledge
  • already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held Xcode knowledge
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • already held develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held use automatic programming skill
  • already held use concurrent programming skill
  • already held use functional programming skill
  • already held use logic programming skill
  • already held use object-oriented programming skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
16 held skills the embedded systems software developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate ICT data skill
  • not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interfacing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
  • not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
8 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 Internet of Things required
  • still to learn embedded systems required
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT application configurator become an embedded systems software developer?

Yes, and it is an adjacent move. An ICT application configurator already covers 81% of what an embedded systems software developer is expected to do: 63 skills carry over, 12 of which the embedded systems software developer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT application configurator need to become an embedded systems software developer?

4 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is develop ICT device driver.

How hard is the move from ICT application configurator to embedded systems software developer?

Its learning distance is 29.9 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.