Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT application developertosoftware developer

A ICT application developer already meets 72% of what the software developer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT application developer
72%
Overlap1
To software developer
84 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
43.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 43.1

This move: 43.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the software developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT application developer 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 84 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT application developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Drupal information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Ajax Framework information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held SQL information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held NoSQL information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held software frameworks information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM WebSphere information and communication technologies (icts)

All 84 carried skills, including the 14 the software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held interpret technical requirements required
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
  • required, not held manage engineering project required
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 11 supplementary
  • required, not held web services required
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held blockchain openness optional
  • optional, not held blockchain platforms optional
  • optional, not held smart contract optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held data visualisation software optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • optional, not held utilise machine learning optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held project management required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a 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 84 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 automated migration methods skill
  • already held develop software prototype skill
  • already held identify customer requirements skill
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • 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 Ajax Framework 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 Drupal knowledge
  • already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held IBM WebSphere knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation knowledge
  • already held Internet of Things knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held JavaScript Framework 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 NoSQL 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 SPARK knowledge
  • already held SQL 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 WordPress knowledge
  • already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • already held Xcode knowledge
  • already held adapt to changes in technological development plans skill
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • already held design user interface skill
  • already held develop creative ideas skill
  • already held do cloud refactoring skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held migrate existing data skill
  • already held object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • already held software anomalies knowledge
  • already held software frameworks knowledge
  • 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
  • already held use query languages skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held blockchain openness optional
  • optional, not held blockchain platforms optional
  • optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
  • optional, not held smart contract optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held utilise machine learning optional
  • optional, not held data visualisation software optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
7 held skills the software developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop food scanner devices skill
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage business knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
18 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 engineering processes required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held web services required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held blockchain openness optional
  • optional, not held blockchain platforms optional
  • optional, not held cyber attack counter-measures optional
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
  • optional, not held smart contract optional
  • optional, not held trading software optional
  • optional, not held data visualisation software optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT application developer

Full index of moves from ICT application developer

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.