ICT system testertoICT test analyst
A ICT system tester already meets 80% of what the ICT test analyst role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
80%
21.7/ 100
1 Share of the ICT test analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT system tester 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 this move works
A ICT test analyst role treats 7 of its required skills as things a ICT system tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- address problems critically
- develop ICT test suite
- execute software tests
- levels of software testing
- provide software testing documentation
- replicate customer software issues
What stands in the way is 2 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT test analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT system tester background worth leading with.
- already held perform software recovery testing working with computers
- already held replicate customer software issues working with computers
- already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop ICT test suite communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held measure software usability constructing
All 29 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT test analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held plan software testing required
- required, not held set quality assurance objectives required
- optional, not held perform quality audits optional
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a ICT test analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 plan software testing skill · sector specific
- 02 set quality assurance objectives skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held develop ICT test suite skill
- already held execute software tests skill
- already held levels of software testing knowledge
- already held provide software testing documentation skill
- already held replicate customer software issues skill
- already held report test findings skill
- already held Agile project management knowledge
- already held ICT debugging tools 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 conduct ICT code review skill
- already held debug software skill
- already held develop automated software tests skill
- already held give live presentation skill
- already held lean project management knowledge
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held measure software usability skill
- already held perform software recovery testing skill
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
- already held tools for ICT test automation knowledge
- already held use scripting programming skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
- optional, not held perform quality audits optional
13 held skills the ICT test analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT network simulation 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 apply ICT systems theory skill
- not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
- not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
- not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
- not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
- not needed by the target role software anomalies knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
- not needed by the target role systems theory knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
- optional, not held decision support systems optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
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.