ICT business analyst to ICT consultant
An ICT business analyst already meets 25% of what the ICT consultant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.5/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT consultant 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 ICT consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT consultant role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT business analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- define technical requirements
- identify customer requirements
- legal requirements of ICT products
- manage ICT project
- provide user documentation
- visual presentation techniques
What stands in the way is 15 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT consultant 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.
- already held provide user documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage ICT project management skills
- already held interact with users to gather requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify customer requirements information skills
- already held legal requirements of ICT products business, administration and law
- already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 analyse ICT system required
- still to learn analyse software specifications required
- still to learn manage changes in ICT system required
- still to learn manage standard enterprise resource planning system required
- still to learn optimise choice of ICT solution required
- still to learn solve ICT system problems required
- optional, not held use e-services optional
- still to learn provide ICT consulting advice required
- still to learn identify technological needs required
- still to learn manage contracts required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- still to learn keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
- still to learn verify formal ICT specifications required
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- still to learn ICT sales methodologies required
- 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 copyright legislation optional
- still to learn ICT system integration required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- still to learn create project specifications required
- optional, not held manage ICT change request process optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT sales methodologies study this
- 02 ICT system integration study this
- 03 analyse ICT system 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held identify customer requirements skill
- already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- already held manage ICT project skill
- already held provide user documentation skill
- already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
- already held interact with users to gather requirements skill
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn monitor system performance required
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Agile project management optional
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held Process-based management optional
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held lean project management optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held manage ICT change request process optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held use e-services optional
29 held skills the ICT consultant role does not ask for
- 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 business requirements 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 intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role business process modelling 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 design process skill
- 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 legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role information categorisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
- 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 translate requirements into visual design skill
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
12 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 ICT sales methodologies required
- still to learn ICT system integration required
- optional, not held Agile project management optional
- optional, not held ICT process quality models 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 software components libraries optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business analyst
- ICT business analysis manager 48% covered · substantial
- ICT business development manager 36% covered · substantial
- telecommunications analyst 25% covered · career change
- ICT information and knowledge manager 23% covered · career change
- eBusiness manager 21% covered · career change
- artificial intelligence engineer 20% covered · career change
- building information modelling consultant 20% covered · substantial
- ICT resilience manager 18% covered · career change
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business analyst become an ICT consultant?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT business analyst already covers 25% of what an ICT consultant is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT consultant role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business analyst need to become an ICT consultant?
15 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT sales methodologies.
How hard is the move from ICT business analyst to ICT consultant?
Its learning distance is 76.5 out of 100, which is the career change 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.