ICT auditor manager to IT auditor
An ICT auditor manager already meets 61% of what the IT auditor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
44/ 100
1 How much of what an IT auditor is expected to do is already part of an ICT auditor manager’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 IT auditor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An IT auditor role treats 13 of its required skills as things an ICT auditor manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT process quality models
- ICT quality policy
- ICT security legislation
- ICT security standards
- audit techniques
- develop audit plan
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An IT auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT auditor manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop audit plan management skills
- already held ICT quality policy business, administration and law
- already held develop ICT workflow management skills
- already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
- already held identify legal requirements information skills
- already held manage IT security compliances working with computers
All 20 carried skills, including the 13 the IT auditor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn perform quality audits required
- optional, not held define organisational standards optional
- still to learn analyse ICT system required
- still to learn perform ICT security testing required
- still to learn product life-cycle required
- still to learn engineering processes required
- optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
- optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
- optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
- optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an IT auditor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse ICT system practise this
- 02 engineering processes study this
- 03 perform ICT security testing practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held ICT process quality models knowledge
- already held ICT quality policy knowledge
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held ICT security standards knowledge
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held develop audit plan skill
- already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
- already held ICT project management knowledge
- already held cloud technologies knowledge
- already held cyber security knowledge
- already held develop ICT workflow skill
- already held identify legal requirements skill
- already held manage IT security compliances skill
- already held monitor technology trends skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held apply information security policies optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
- optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
- optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
- optional, not held apply information security policies optional
- optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
- optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
- optional, not held define organisational standards optional
- optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
22 held skills the IT auditor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
- not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
- not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
- not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role control objectives for information and related technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop ICT test suite skill
- not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
- not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
- not needed by the target role perform contract compliance audits skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
- not needed by the target role web programming knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn engineering processes required
- still to learn product life-cycle required
- optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
- optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
- optional, not held information security strategy optional
- optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT auditor manager become an IT auditor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT auditor manager already covers 61% of what an IT auditor is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 13 of which the IT auditor role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT auditor manager need to become an IT auditor?
6 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is analyse ICT system.
How hard is the move from ICT auditor manager to IT auditor?
Its learning distance is 44 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.