Table 1Transition record

software testertoICT system tester

A software tester already meets 67% of what the ICT system tester role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From software tester

67%

Overlap1

To ICT system tester

30 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

38 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 38

This move: 38 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the ICT system tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the software tester 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 30 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 software tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held perform software recovery testing working with computers
already held execute integration 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

All 30 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT system tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 3 required, 1 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 solve ICT system problems optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 4 supplementary

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

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary

optional, not held give live presentation 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 30 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 software anomalies knowledge
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 execute integration testing 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 monitor system performance optional
optional, not held give live presentation optional
optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional

50 held skills the ICT system tester role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
not needed by the target role APL knowledge
not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role C# knowledge
not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role R knowledge
not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Swift (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role TypeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Visual Basic knowledge
not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge

10 further entries not listed here

5 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 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

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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.