ICT system integration consultant to ICT consultant
An ICT system integration consultant already meets 44% of what the ICT consultant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
60/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT consultant is expected to do is already part of an ICT system integration consultant’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 consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT consultant role treats 9 of its required skills as things an ICT system integration consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT system integration
- create project specifications
- define technical requirements
- keep up with the latest information systems solutions
- manage changes in ICT system
- monitor system performance
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 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT system integration consultant background worth leading with.
- already held manage ICT change request process management skills
- already held verify formal ICT specifications information skills
- already held keep up with the latest information systems solutions information skills
- already held manage changes in ICT system working with computers
- already held ICT system integration information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution working with computers
All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the ICT consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 9 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 analyse ICT system required
- still to learn analyse software specifications required
- still to learn manage standard enterprise resource planning system required
- still to learn solve ICT system problems required
- optional, not held use e-services optional
- still to learn identify technological needs required
- still to learn manage contracts required
- still to learn provide user documentation required
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- still to learn ICT sales methodologies required
- still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- still to learn identify customer requirements required
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- still to learn visual presentation techniques required
- still to learn manage ICT project required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT sales methodologies study this
- 02 analyse ICT system practise this
- 03 analyse software specifications 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held ICT system integration knowledge
- already held create project specifications skill
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
- already held manage changes in ICT system skill
- already held monitor system performance skill
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution skill
- already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
- already held verify formal ICT specifications skill
- already held Agile project management knowledge
- already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- already held Process-based management knowledge
- already held hardware components knowledge
- already held lean project management knowledge
- already held manage ICT change request process skill
- already held software components libraries knowledge
- already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held use e-services optional
34 held skills the ICT consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
- not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role consult with business clients skill
- not needed by the target role define integration strategy skill
- not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
- not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies 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 information architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate ICT data skill
- not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
- not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
- not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role plan migration to cloud skill
- not needed by the target role provide connected car solutions skill
- not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role system design knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
- not needed by the target role trading software knowledge
- not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
- not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
- not needed by the target role web services knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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 ICT sales methodologies required
- still to learn visual presentation techniques required
- still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
Other moves recorded from ICT system integration consultant
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT system integration consultant become an ICT consultant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT system integration consultant already covers 44% of what an ICT consultant is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the ICT consultant role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT system integration consultant need to become an ICT consultant?
12 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT sales methodologies.
How hard is the move from ICT system integration consultant to ICT consultant?
Its learning distance is 60 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.