Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Software analyst to ICT system analyst

A software analyst already meets 64% of what the ICT system analyst role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From software analyst
64 % overlap
Strong match
To ICT system analyst
68 You already bring
13 Still to learn
97 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.5/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT system analyst is expected to do is already part of a software analyst’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 system analyst role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT system analyst role treats 15 of its required skills as things a software analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • analyse ICT system
  • analyse business processes
  • create data models
  • define technical requirements
  • design information system
  • execute feasibility study

What stands in the way is 13 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 68 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT system analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a software analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage ICT legacy implication working with computers
  • already held unified modelling language information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage system testing constructing
  • already held software architecture models information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held analyse ICT system working with computers

All 68 carried skills, including the 15 the ICT system analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 7 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
  • still to learn attack vectors required
  • still to learn decision support systems required
  • still to learn online analytical processing required
  • still to learn software metrics required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • still to learn systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL optional
  • optional, not held data mining optional
  • optional, not held distributed computing optional
  • optional, not held hardware platforms optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
02 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse the context of an organisation required
  • still to learn apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • still to learn identify customer requirements required
  • optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
03 working with computers 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse software specifications required
  • still to learn perform ICT security testing required
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT infrastructure required
  • optional, not held hardware architectures optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT system analyst 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 68 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse ICT system skill
  • already held analyse business processes skill
  • already held create data models skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held design information system skill
  • already held execute feasibility study skill
  • already held identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • already held interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • already held levels of software testing knowledge
  • already held manage ICT legacy implication skill
  • already held manage system testing skill
  • already held monitor system performance skill
  • already held software architecture models knowledge
  • already held solve ICT system problems skill
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • 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 CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held Open source model knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held Outsourcing model 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 SPARQL 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 XQuery knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held core banking software knowledge
  • already held hybrid model knowledge
  • already held object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held service-oriented modelling knowledge
  • already held unified modelling language knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL optional
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
  • optional, not held data mining optional
  • optional, not held distributed computing optional
  • optional, not held hardware architectures optional
  • optional, not held hardware platforms optional
  • optional, not held implement a firewall optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
  • optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
33 held skills the ICT system analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT problem management techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARK knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role create prototype of user experience solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role create software design skill
  • not needed by the target role data models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define software architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
  • not needed by the target role software design methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trading software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate requirements into visual design skill
18 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT infrastructure required
  • still to learn ICT performance analysis methods required
  • still to learn attack vectors required
  • still to learn decision support systems required
  • still to learn online analytical processing required
  • still to learn software metrics required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • still to learn systems development life-cycle required
  • optional, not held Apache Tomcat optional
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL optional
  • optional, not held data mining optional
  • optional, not held distributed computing optional
  • optional, not held hardware architectures optional
  • optional, not held hardware platforms optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held audit techniques optional
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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a software analyst become an ICT system analyst?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A software analyst already covers 64% of what an ICT system analyst is expected to do: 68 skills carry over, 15 of which the ICT system analyst role treats as required.

What skills does a software analyst need to become an ICT system analyst?

13 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT infrastructure.

How hard is the move from software analyst to ICT system analyst?

Its learning distance is 51.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.