ICT network engineer to ICT application configurator
An ICT network engineer already meets 77% of what the ICT application configurator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
33.1/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT application configurator is expected to do is already part of an ICT network engineer’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 application configurator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT application configurator role treats 12 of its required skills as things an ICT network engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT debugging tools
- analyse software specifications
- collect customer feedback on applications
- computer programming
- create flowchart diagram
- debug software
What stands in the way is 5 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 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT application configurator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT network engineer background worth leading with.
- already held Xcode information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held use concurrent programming working with computers
- already held use functional programming working with computers
- already held develop automated migration methods management skills
- already held KDevelop information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held use logic programming working with computers
All 63 carried skills, including the 12 the ICT application configurator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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.
- still to learn integrate ICT data required
- still to learn integrate system components required
- still to learn use software libraries required
- optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
- still to learn digital systems required
- optional, not held Perl optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
- still to learn build business relationships required
- optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT application configurator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 integrate ICT data practise this
- 02 integrate system components practise this
- 03 use software libraries 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 63 skills that carry over
- already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
- already held analyse software specifications skill
- already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
- already held computer programming knowledge
- already held create flowchart diagram skill
- already held debug software skill
- already held develop automated migration methods skill
- already held develop software prototype skill
- already held integrated development environment software knowledge
- already held migrate existing data skill
- already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
- already held use software design patterns skill
- already held ABAP knowledge
- already held AJAX knowledge
- already held APL knowledge
- already held ASP.NET knowledge
- already held Ansible knowledge
- already held Apache Maven knowledge
- already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
- already held C# knowledge
- already held C++ knowledge
- already held COBOL knowledge
- already held Common Lisp knowledge
- already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
- already held Groovy knowledge
- already held Haskell knowledge
- already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
- already held JavaScript knowledge
- already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
- already held KDevelop knowledge
- already held Lisp knowledge
- already held MATLAB knowledge
- already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
- already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
- already held Objective-C knowledge
- already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
- already held PHP knowledge
- already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
- already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
- already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
- already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
- already held R knowledge
- already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
- already held SAP R3 knowledge
- already held SAS language knowledge
- already held STAF knowledge
- already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
- already held Scala knowledge
- already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
- already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
- already held TypeScript knowledge
- already held VBScript knowledge
- already held Visual Basic knowledge
- already held Xcode knowledge
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held implement ICT security policies skill
- already held use an application-specific interface skill
- already held use automatic programming skill
- already held use back-up and recovery tools skill
- already held use concurrent programming skill
- already held use functional programming skill
- already held use logic programming skill
- already held use object-oriented programming skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held statistics optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Perl optional
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
- optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
35 held skills the ICT application configurator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Android (mobile operating systems) knowledge
- not needed by the target role BlackBerry knowledge
- not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
- not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT problem management techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
- not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role Vagrant knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to changes in technological development plans skill
- not needed by the target role analyse network configuration and performance skill
- not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
- not needed by the target role automate cloud tasks skill
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
- not needed by the target role design cloud networks skill
- not needed by the target role design computer network skill
- not needed by the target role design for organisational complexity skill
- not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
- not needed by the target role develop with cloud services skill
- not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
- not needed by the target role iOS knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT network diagnostic tools skill
- not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
- not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
- not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
- not needed by the target role implement spam protection skill
- not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role install electronic communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mobile operating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
7 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 digital systems required
- optional, not held Perl optional
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
- optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT network engineer become an ICT application configurator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An ICT network engineer already covers 77% of what an ICT application configurator is expected to do: 63 skills carry over, 12 of which the ICT application configurator role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT network engineer need to become an ICT application configurator?
5 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is integrate ICT data.
How hard is the move from ICT network engineer to ICT application configurator?
Its learning distance is 33.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.