Table 1Transition record

ICT business analysttoknowledge engineer

A 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.

From ICT business analyst

17%

Overlap1

To knowledge engineer

12 Skills carried over

19 Required, not held

87.9 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 87.9

This move: 87.9 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the knowledge engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT business analyst 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 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 a 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 would need to learn

The 77 missing skills fall into 8 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 9 required, 42 supplementary

required, not held database development tools required
required, not held information structure required
required, not held principles of artificial intelligence required
required, not held resource description framework query language required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held web programming required
required, not held data engineering required
required, not held data science required
required, not held 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

required, not held apply ICT systems theory required
required, not held manage ICT semantic integration required
required, not held use an application-specific interface required
required, not held use markup languages required
required, not held 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

required, not held create semantic trees required
required, not held manage database required

optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional

04 management skills 2 required

required, not held assess ICT knowledge required
required, not held manage business knowledge required

05 arts and humanities 1 required

required, not held 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 acquire 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 acquire 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 acquire Tier

required, not held database development tools required
required, not held information structure required
required, not held natural language processing required
required, not held principles of artificial intelligence required
required, not held resource description framework query language required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held web programming required
required, not held data engineering required
required, not held data science required
required, not held 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

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.