ICT test analysttodigital games tester
A ICT test analyst already meets 72% of what the digital games tester role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 32.6 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the digital games tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT test 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 · What you already bring
Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A digital games tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT test analyst 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 provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop ICT test suite communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held measure software usability constructing
All 28 carried skills, including the 6 the digital games tester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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 application usability required
- required, not held software anomalies required
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held software interaction design optional
- required, not held digital game genres required
- optional, not held principles of animation optional
- optional, not held compose digital game story optional
- optional, not held create concept of digital game optional
- optional, not held demonstrate functionality of video games optional
- optional, not held create game testing software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a digital games tester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 application usability knowledge · sector specific
- 02 digital game genres knowledge · sector specific
- 03 software anomalies knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically 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 ICT test suite skill
- already held develop automated software tests 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
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held compose digital game story optional
- optional, not held create concept of digital game optional
- optional, not held create game testing software optional
- optional, not held demonstrate functionality of video games optional
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held principles of animation optional
- optional, not held software interaction design optional
8 held skills the digital games tester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
- not needed by the target role plan software testing skill
- not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held application usability required
- required, not held digital game genres required
- required, not held software anomalies required
- optional, not held human-computer interaction optional
- optional, not held principles of animation optional
- optional, not held software interaction design 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.