Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Software developer to ICT system developer

A software developer already meets 76% of what the ICT system developer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From software developer
76 % overlap
Very strong match
To ICT system developer
76 You already bring
6 Still to learn
97 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

37.8/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT system developer role treats 14 of its required skills as things a software developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT debugging tools
  • analyse software specifications
  • collect customer feedback on applications
  • computer programming
  • create flowchart diagram
  • debug software

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held blockchain openness information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held blockchain platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held defence standard procedures services
  • already held smart contract information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Xcode information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held adapt to changes in technological development plans communication, collaboration and creativity

All 76 carried skills, including the 14 the ICT system developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 21 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) 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT system integration required
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
  • still to learn keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
03 working with computers 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn solve ICT system problems required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT system weaknesses optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT system developer 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 76 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held analyse software specifications skill
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held create flowchart diagram skill
  • already held debug software skill
  • already held develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held develop software prototype skill
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held migrate existing data skill
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • already held use software design patterns skill
  • already held use software libraries skill
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Ansible knowledge
  • already held Apache Maven knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation knowledge
  • already held Internet of Things knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held KDevelop 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 Puppet (tools for software configuration management) 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 STAF knowledge
  • already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • already held Xcode knowledge
  • already held adapt to changes in technological development plans skill
  • already held blockchain openness knowledge
  • already held blockchain platforms knowledge
  • already held defence standard procedures knowledge
  • already held design user interface skill
  • already held develop creative ideas skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • already held smart contract knowledge
  • already held software anomalies knowledge
  • already held use automatic programming skill
  • already held use concurrent programming skill
  • already held use functional programming skill
  • already held use logic programming skill
  • already held use object-oriented programming skill
  • already held use query languages skill
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held automate cloud tasks optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT system weaknesses optional
  • optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
32 held skills the ICT system developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ajax Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Drupal knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM WebSphere knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role NoSQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Application Development Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARK knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data visualisation software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage engineering project skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trading software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
  • not needed by the target role utilise machine learning skill
  • not needed by the target role web services knowledge
8 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 system integration required
  • still to learn ICT system programming required
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held attack vectors optional
  • optional, not held core banking software optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a software developer become an ICT system developer?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A software developer already covers 76% of what an ICT system developer is expected to do: 76 skills carry over, 14 of which the ICT system developer role treats as required.

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

6 required skills are missing, plus 15 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 system integration.

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

Its learning distance is 37.8 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.