Table 1Transition record

ICT system analysttoembedded system designer

A ICT system analyst already meets 51% of what the embedded system designer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT system analyst

51%

Overlap1

To embedded system designer

45 Skills carried over

11 Required, not held

60.3 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 60.3

This move: 60.3 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the embedded system designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT system 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 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embedded system designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT system analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held system design information and communication technologies (icts)
already held hardware architectures engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held analyse software specifications working with computers
already held digital systems information and communication technologies (icts)
already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)

All 45 carried skills, including the 6 the embedded system designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 5 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held ICT communications protocols required
required, not held embedded systems required
required, not held engineering control theory required
required, not held signal processing required

optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held engineering processes optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 14 supplementary

required, not held real-time computing required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held task algorithmisation required

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
optional, not held hardware components optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held create software design required
required, not held create flowchart diagram required
required, not held develop creative ideas required

optional, not held build business relationships optional

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held interpret electronic design specifications required

optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional

05 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embedded system designer 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 45 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse software specifications skill
already held define technical requirements skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
already held system design knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript 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 Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) 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 Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held hardware architectures knowledge

22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held engineering processes optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional
optional, not held hardware components optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

52 held skills the embedded system designer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
not needed by the target role NoSQL knowledge
not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
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 statistical analysis techniques skill
not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role automate cloud tasks skill
not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
not needed by the target role create data models skill
not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
not needed by the target role design information system skill
not needed by the target role distributed computing knowledge
not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
not needed by the target role hardware platforms knowledge
not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
not needed by the target role identify customer requirements 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 interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role levels of software testing knowledge
not needed by the target role manage ICT legacy implication skill
not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill

12 further entries not listed here

25 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 real-time computing required
required, not held ICT communications protocols required
required, not held embedded systems required
required, not held engineering control theory required
required, not held signal processing required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
required, not held task algorithmisation required
optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held ICT system integration optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held engineering processes optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional
optional, not held software components libraries optional
optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
optional, not held hardware components optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT system analyst

Full index of moves from ICT system 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.