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

ICT system architecttosoftware architect

A ICT system architect already meets 66% of what the software architect role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT system architect
66%
Overlap1
To software architect
64 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
47.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.5/ 100

1 Share of the software architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT system architect 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 software architect role treats 10 of its required skills as things a ICT system architect already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • align software with system architectures
  • analyse business requirements
  • build business relationships
  • business process modelling
  • define technical requirements
  • design process

What stands in the way is 9 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 64 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A software architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT system architect background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held align software with system architectures working with computers
  • already held systems theory information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held system design information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held apply ICT systems theory working with computers
  • already held design cloud architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design database scheme communication, collaboration and creativity

All 64 carried skills, including the 10 the software architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held tools for software configuration management required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven 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 WildFly optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create software design required
  • required, not held define software architecture required
  • required, not held create flowchart diagram required
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
03 working with computers 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse software specifications required
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held oversee development of software required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a software architect 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 64 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held align software with system architectures skill
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held business process modelling knowledge
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held design process skill
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held system design knowledge
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Agile project management 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 ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation 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 Process-based management 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 apply ICT systems theory skill
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held design cloud architecture skill
  • already held design database in the cloud skill
  • already held design database scheme skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held perform resource planning skill
  • already held security engineering knowledge
  • already held systems theory knowledge
  • already held task algorithmisation knowledge
  • already held use markup languages skill
  • already held web programming knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven 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 WildFly optional
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
28 held skills the software architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle WebLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role acquire system component skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role create data models skill
  • not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role defence standard procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design enterprise architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role design for organisational complexity skill
  • not needed by the target role design information system skill
  • not needed by the target role develop with cloud services skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware platforms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role image recognition knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standards for data exchange skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
  • not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role use object-oriented programming skill
11 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 object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held tools for software configuration management required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven 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 WildFly optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT system architect

Full index of moves from ICT system architect

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.