Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT business analyst to knowledge engineer

An ICT business analyst already meets 17% of what the knowledge engineer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT business analyst
17 % overlap
Distant match
To knowledge engineer
12 You already bring
19 Still to learn
89 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

87.9/ 100

1 How much of what a knowledge 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 knowledge engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A knowledge engineer role treats 6 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 intelligence
  • business process modelling
  • define technical requirements
  • information extraction
  • systems development life-cycle

What stands in the way is 19 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A knowledge 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 decision support systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held information architecture information and communication technologies (icts)
  • 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 12 carried skills, including the 6 the knowledge engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 77 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 9 required, 42 supplementary
  • still to learn database development tools 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 systems theory required
  • still to learn web programming required
  • still to learn data engineering required
  • still to learn data science required
  • still to learn task algorithmisation required
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET 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 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 Python (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 data mining optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional
02 working with computers 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn apply ICT systems theory required
  • still to learn manage ICT semantic integration required
  • still to learn use an application-specific interface required
  • still to learn use markup languages required
  • still to learn use databases required
  • optional, not held define database physical structure optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held utilise decision support system optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn create semantic trees required
  • still to learn manage database required
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
04 management skills 2 required
  • still to learn assess ICT knowledge required
  • still to learn manage business knowledge required
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • still to learn natural language processing required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held create database diagrams optional
  • optional, not held design application interfaces optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a knowledge 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held business intelligence knowledge
  • already held business process modelling knowledge
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held information extraction knowledge
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held cloud technologies knowledge
  • already held decision support systems knowledge
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held information categorisation knowledge
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
08 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
58 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET 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 optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation 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 Python (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

18 further entries not listed here

25 held skills the knowledge 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 create business process models skill
  • 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 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
55 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 database development tools required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • still to learn natural language processing required
  • still to learn principles of artificial intelligence required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • still to learn systems theory required
  • still to learn web programming required
  • still to learn data engineering required
  • still to learn data science required
  • still to learn task algorithmisation required
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET 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 optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation 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 Python (computer programming) optional

15 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT business analyst

Full index of moves from ICT business analyst

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT business analyst become a knowledge engineer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT business analyst already covers 17% of what a knowledge engineer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the knowledge engineer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT business analyst need to become a knowledge engineer?

19 required skills are missing, plus 58 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is apply ICT systems theory.

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

Its learning distance is 87.9 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.