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

software analysttoICT 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.

From software analyst
64%
Overlap1
To ICT system analyst
68 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
51.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.5/ 100

1 Share of the ICT system analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the software 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 analyst role treats 15 of its required skills as things a software analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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. A 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 would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 6 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 7 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT performance analysis methods required
  • required, not held attack vectors required
  • required, not held decision support systems required
  • required, not held online analytical processing required
  • required, not held software metrics required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • required, not held 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
  • required, not held analyse the context of an organisation required
  • required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • required, not held 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
  • required, not held analyse software specifications required
  • required, not held 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
  • required, not held 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 a 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 acquire 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT infrastructure required
  • required, not held ICT performance analysis methods required
  • required, not held attack vectors required
  • required, not held decision support systems required
  • required, not held online analytical processing required
  • required, not held software metrics required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • required, not held 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
Index

Other moves recorded from software analyst

Full index of moves from software 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.