Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT business analyst to artificial intelligence engineer

An ICT business analyst already meets 20% of what the artificial intelligence engineer role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT business analyst
20 % overlap
Distant match
To artificial intelligence engineer
11 You already bring
21 Still to learn
89 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

86/ 100

1 How much of what an artificial intelligence engineer is expected to do is already part of an ICT business analyst’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 artificial intelligence engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An artificial intelligence engineer role treats 10 of its required skills as things an ICT business analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • analyse business requirements
  • business process modelling
  • define technical requirements
  • design process
  • information architecture
  • information categorisation

What stands in the way is 21 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An artificial intelligence engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT business analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held information categorisation social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held information architecture information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse business requirements information skills
  • already held business process modelling business, administration and law
  • already held information extraction information and communication technologies (icts)

All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the artificial intelligence engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 78 missing skills fall into 7 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) 12 required, 38 supplementary
  • still to learn Python (computer programming) required
  • still to learn data mining required
  • still to learn data models required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • still to learn principles of artificial intelligence required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • still to learn algorithms required
  • still to learn artificial neural networks required
  • still to learn computer programming required
  • still to learn computer simulation required
  • still to learn data science required
  • still to learn task algorithmisation required
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional
  • optional, not held Visual Basic optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held computer vision optional
  • optional, not held deep learning optional
02 working with computers 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn apply ICT systems theory required
  • still to learn digital data processing required
  • still to learn creatively use digital technologies required
  • still to learn develop statistical software required
  • still to learn use data processing techniques required
  • optional, not held build recommender systems optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT data classification optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT semantic integration optional
  • optional, not held utilise machine learning optional
  • optional, not held perform dimensionality reduction optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn deliver visual presentation of data required
  • still to learn develop creative ideas required
  • optional, not held design application interfaces optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse big data required
  • still to learn create data sets required
  • optional, not held build predictive models optional
05 business, administration and law 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held operational research optional
06 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
  • optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
  • optional, not held manage business knowledge optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an artificial intelligence engineer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held business process modelling knowledge
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held design process skill
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held information categorisation knowledge
  • already held information extraction knowledge
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
  • already held business intelligence knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business analytics optional
57 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held build recommender systems optional
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional
  • optional, not held Visual Basic optional
  • optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional

17 further entries not listed here

26 held skills the artificial intelligence engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the context of an organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create business process models skill
  • not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
  • not needed by the target role product usage risks analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role translate requirements into visual design skill
56 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 Python (computer programming) required
  • still to learn data mining required
  • still to learn data models required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • still to learn principles of artificial intelligence required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • still to learn algorithms required
  • still to learn artificial neural networks required
  • still to learn computer programming required
  • still to learn computer simulation required
  • still to learn data science required
  • still to learn task algorithmisation required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional

16 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT business analyst

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT business analyst become an artificial intelligence engineer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT business analyst already covers 20% of what an artificial intelligence engineer is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the artificial intelligence engineer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT business analyst need to become an artificial intelligence engineer?

21 required skills are missing, plus 57 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is Python (computer programming).

How hard is the move from ICT business analyst to artificial intelligence engineer?

Its learning distance is 86 out of 100, which is the career change 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.