Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT change and configuration manager to mobile application developer

An ICT change and configuration manager already meets 20% of what the mobile application developer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT change and configuration manager
20 % overlap
Distant match
To mobile application developer
13 You already bring
12 Still to learn
88 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

85.5/ 100

1 How much of what a mobile application developer is expected to do is already part of an ICT change and configuration 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 mobile application developer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A mobile application developer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT change and configuration manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • computer programming
  • develop automated migration methods
  • integrated development environment software
  • migrate existing data
  • tools for software configuration management
  • utilise computer-aided software engineering tools

What stands in the way is 12 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mobile application developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT change and configuration manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop automated migration methods management skills
  • already held integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Apache Maven information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held STAF information and communication technologies (icts)

All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the mobile application developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 75 missing skills fall into 5 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 working with computers 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse software specifications required
  • still to learn debug software required
  • still to learn develop software prototype required
  • still to learn use an application-specific interface required
  • still to learn use software libraries required
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
  • optional, not held use functional programming optional
  • optional, not held use logic programming optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 52 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT debugging tools required
  • still to learn Internet of Things required
  • still to learn mobile operating systems 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 Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry 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 Eclipse (integrated development environment software) 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 Joomla optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop 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 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 SPARK 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 Xcode optional
  • optional, not held iOS optional
  • optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held augmented reality optional
  • optional, not held screen reader optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn use software design patterns required
  • still to learn create flowchart diagram required
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
  • still to learn collect customer feedback on applications required
  • optional, not held identify customer requirements optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mobile application developer 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held migrate existing data skill
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
  • already held Apache Maven knowledge
  • already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held STAF knowledge
  • already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held integrate system components skill
63 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 Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry 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 Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop 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 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 SPARK optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional

23 further entries not listed here

23 held skills the mobile application developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Chef (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Codenvy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Octopus Deploy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Vagrant knowledge
  • not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role apply operations for an ITIL-based environment skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role control objectives for information and related technology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deploy ICT systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design cloud architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage software releases skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role perform software recovery testing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform software unit testing skill
  • not needed by the target role project configuration management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role use scripting programming 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 ICT debugging tools required
  • still to learn Internet of Things required
  • still to learn mobile operating systems 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 Android (mobile operating systems) optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held BlackBerry 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 Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop 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 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

16 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT change and configuration manager

Full index of moves from ICT change and configuration manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT change and configuration manager become a mobile application developer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT change and configuration manager already covers 20% of what a mobile application developer is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 6 of which the mobile application developer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT change and configuration manager need to become a mobile application developer?

12 required skills are missing, plus 63 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT debugging tools.

How hard is the move from ICT change and configuration manager to mobile application developer?

Its learning distance is 85.5 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.