Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

System configurator to ICT application configurator

A system configurator already meets 59% of what the ICT application configurator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From system configurator
59 % overlap
Partial match
To ICT application configurator
48 You already bring
8 Still to learn
79 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.7/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

An ICT application configurator role treats 9 of its required skills as things a system configurator 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
  • develop automated migration methods

What stands in the way is 8 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 48 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT application configurator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a system configurator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held interfacing techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held do cloud refactoring working with computers
  • already held develop automated migration methods management skills
  • already held use logic programming working with computers
  • already held create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications information skills

All 48 carried skills, including the 9 the ICT application configurator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 31 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 working with computers 4 required, 8 supplementary
  • still to learn debug software required
  • still to learn develop software prototype required
  • still to learn integrate ICT data required
  • still to learn use software libraries required
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
  • optional, not held use functional programming optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 10 supplementary
  • still to learn integrated development environment software required
  • still to learn tools for software configuration management required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn use software design patterns required
  • still to learn build business relationships required
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT application configurator 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 48 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 develop automated migration methods skill
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held migrate existing data 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 Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript 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 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 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 create solutions to problems skill
  • already held do cloud refactoring skill
  • already held interfacing techniques knowledge
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held use logic programming skill
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
  • optional, not held use functional programming optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
44 held skills the ICT application configurator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role IBM Informix knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT architectural frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ObjectStore knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PostgreSQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role configure ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
  • not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device software frameworks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role replicate customer software issues skill

4 further entries not listed here

15 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 integrated development environment software required
  • still to learn tools for software configuration management required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from system configurator

Full index of moves from system configurator

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a system configurator become an ICT application configurator?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A system configurator already covers 59% of what an ICT application configurator is expected to do: 48 skills carry over, 9 of which the ICT application configurator role treats as required.

What skills does a system configurator need to become an ICT application configurator?

8 required skills are missing, plus 23 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is debug software.

How hard is the move from system configurator to ICT application configurator?

Its learning distance is 53.7 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.