ICT technician to ICT network administrator
An ICT technician already meets 44% of what the ICT network administrator role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.6/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT network administrator is expected to do is already part of an ICT technician’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 network administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT network administrator role treats 10 of its required skills as things an ICT technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT network routing
- ICT system programming
- computer programming
- define firewall rules
- digital systems
- implement a virtual private network
What stands in the way is 24 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 52 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT network administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT technician background worth leading with.
- already held define firewall rules working with computers
- already held manage email hosting service working with computers
- already held maintain ICT server working with computers
- already held use ICT hardware working with computers
- already held ICT network routing information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held procurement of ICT network equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
All 52 carried skills, including the 10 the ICT network administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 46 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 adjust ICT system capacity required
- still to learn analyse network bandwidth requirements required
- still to learn implement ICT network diagnostic tools required
- still to learn implement ICT security policies required
- still to learn implement a firewall required
- still to learn integrate system components required
- still to learn maintain internet protocol configuration required
- still to learn manage ICT virtualisation environments required
- still to learn use back-up and recovery tools required
- optional, not held acquire system component optional
- optional, not held implement spam protection optional
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
- still to learn ICT network security risks required
- still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
- still to learn cloud technologies required
- still to learn internet governance required
- still to learn network management system tools required
- still to learn network standards required
- still to learn solution deployment required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held operating systems optional
- optional, not held proxy servers optional
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held organisational policies optional
- still to learn forecast future ICT network needs required
- still to learn interpret technical texts required
- optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
- still to learn design computer network required
- optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
- optional, not held provide ICT system training optional
- optional, not held prepare licence agreements optional
- optional, not held provide technical training optional
- still to learn apply ICT system usage policies required
- optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT network administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT network security risks study this
- 02 ICT performance analysis methods study this
- 03 ICT security legislation study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 52 skills that carry over
- already held ICT network routing knowledge
- already held ICT system programming knowledge
- already held computer programming knowledge
- already held define firewall rules skill
- already held digital systems knowledge
- already held implement a virtual private network skill
- already held implement anti-virus software skill
- already held manage email hosting service skill
- already held perform backups skill
- already held procurement of ICT network equipment 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 Cisco 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 system user requirements 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 maintain ICT server skill
- already held remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
- already held use ICT hardware skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn install electronic communication equipment required
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- still to learn cyber attack counter-measures required
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held security engineering optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held acquire system component optional
- optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
- optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held implement spam protection optional
- optional, not held install signal repeaters optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held operating systems optional
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
- optional, not held organisational policies optional
- optional, not held provide ICT system training optional
- optional, not held proxy servers optional
- optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
- optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional
- optional, not held prepare licence agreements optional
- optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
- optional, not held provide technical training optional
- optional, not held security engineering optional
28 held skills the ICT network administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT network cable limitations knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT networking hardware 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 administer ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
- not needed by the target role configure ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role distributed directory information services knowledge
- not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date on product knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT legacy implication skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role operate private branch exchange skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
- not needed by the target role repair ICT devices skill
- not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role systems thinking knowledge
- not needed by the target role use access control software skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
- not needed by the target role use repair manuals skill
20 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 network security risks required
- still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
- still to learn ICT security legislation required
- still to learn cloud technologies required
- still to learn cyber attack counter-measures required
- still to learn internet governance required
- still to learn network management system tools required
- still to learn network standards required
- still to learn solution deployment required
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
- optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
- optional, not held BlackBerry optional
- optional, not held iOS optional
- optional, not held mobile operating systems optional
- optional, not held network engineering optional
- optional, not held operating systems optional
- optional, not held organisational policies optional
- optional, not held proxy servers optional
- optional, not held security engineering optional
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT technician become an ICT network administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT technician already covers 44% of what an ICT network administrator is expected to do: 52 skills carry over, 10 of which the ICT network administrator role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT technician need to become an ICT network administrator?
24 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT network security risks.
How hard is the move from ICT technician to ICT network administrator?
Its learning distance is 70.6 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.