Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT research managertouser experience analyst

A ICT research manager already meets 36% of what the user experience analyst role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT research manager
36%
Overlap1
To user experience analyst
19 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
67.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.2/ 100

1 Share of the user experience analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT research manager 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.

Why

Why this move works

A user experience analyst role treats 5 of its required skills as things a ICT research manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct qualitative research
  • conduct quantitative research
  • conduct research interview
  • execute ICT user research activities
  • report analysis results

What stands in the way is 13 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A user experience analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT research manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held execute ICT user research activities information skills
  • already held identify technological needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply systemic design thinking communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held LDAP information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held MDX information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held XQuery information and communication technologies (icts)

All 19 carried skills, including the 5 the user experience analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 9 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) 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held application usability required
  • required, not held human-computer interaction required
  • required, not held software interaction design required
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held software metrics optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
02 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create prototype of user experience solutions required
  • required, not held analyse business requirements required
  • required, not held measure customer feedback required
  • optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
  • optional, not held test system accessibility for users with special needs optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held assess users' interaction with ICT applications required
  • required, not held define technical requirements required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held behavioural science required
  • required, not held cognitive psychology required
05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held use experience map required
  • optional, not held create website wireframe optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held interactive media required
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a user experience analyst 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct qualitative research skill
  • already held conduct quantitative research skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held execute ICT user research activities skill
  • already held report analysis results skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held apply systemic design thinking skill
  • already held identify technological needs skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held measure software usability required
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held online moderation techniques optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage localisation optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held create website wireframe optional
  • optional, not held forecast future ICT network needs optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
  • optional, not held online moderation techniques optional
  • optional, not held software metrics optional
  • optional, not held test system accessibility for users with special needs optional
  • optional, not held use access control software optional
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held manage localisation optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
30 held skills the user experience analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply reverse engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct literature research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role innovate in ICT skill
  • not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor ICT research skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
  • not needed by the target role plan research process skill
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
12 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 application usability required
  • required, not held human-computer interaction required
  • required, not held software interaction design required
  • required, not held behavioural science required
  • required, not held cognitive psychology required
  • required, not held interactive media required
  • optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
  • optional, not held online moderation techniques optional
  • optional, not held software metrics optional
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT research manager

Full index of moves from ICT research manager

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.