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

ICT test analysttoICT system tester

A ICT test analyst already meets 62% of what the ICT system tester role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT test analyst
62%
Overlap1
To ICT system tester
29 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
42.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.6/ 100

1 Share of the ICT system 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.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT system tester role treats 6 of its required skills as things a ICT test analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • address problems critically
  • execute software tests
  • levels of software testing
  • provide software testing documentation
  • replicate customer software issues
  • report test findings

What stands in the way is 6 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT system 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 29 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT system tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 3 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 working with computers 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply ICT systems theory required
  • required, not held identify ICT system weaknesses required
  • required, not held perform ICT security testing required
  • optional, not held execute integration testing optional
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • required, not held systems theory required
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
03 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage system testing required
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT system tester 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 29 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 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
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held execute integration testing optional
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
7 held skills the ICT system tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held software anomalies required
  • required, not held systems theory required
  • optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT test analyst

Full index of moves from ICT test analyst

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.