User experience analyst to ICT accessibility tester
A user experience analyst already meets 47% of what the ICT accessibility tester role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.7/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT accessibility tester is expected to do is already part of a user experience 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 accessibility tester role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT accessibility tester role treats 10 of its required skills as things a user experience analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- World Wide Web Consortium standards
- application usability
- assess users' interaction with ICT applications
- behavioural science
- conduct research interview
- execute ICT user research activities
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT accessibility tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user experience analyst background worth leading with.
- already held test system accessibility for users with special needs information skills
- already held use experience map working with computers
- already held assess users' interaction with ICT applications management skills
- already held execute ICT user research activities information skills
- already held behavioural science social sciences, journalism and information
- already held measure software usability constructing
All 23 carried skills, including the 10 the ICT accessibility tester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- still to learn ICT accessibility standards required
- still to learn levels of software testing required
- still to learn screen reader required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
- still to learn execute software tests required
- still to learn replicate customer software issues required
- still to learn use an application-specific interface required
- optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
- optional, not held debug software optional
- optional, not held use markup languages optional
- optional, not held use scripting programming optional
- still to learn report test findings required
- still to learn test for behavioural patterns required
- still to learn test for emotional patterns required
- still to learn provide software testing documentation required
- still to learn address problems critically required
- optional, not held design user interface optional
- optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
- optional, not held develop automated software tests optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT accessibility tester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT accessibility standards study this
- 02 execute software tests practise this
- 03 levels of software testing study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
- already held application usability knowledge
- already held assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
- already held behavioural science knowledge
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held execute ICT user research activities skill
- already held human-computer interaction knowledge
- already held measure software usability skill
- already held test system accessibility for users with special needs skill
- already held use experience map skill
- already held Agile project management 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 cognitive psychology knowledge
- already held lean project management knowledge
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
- optional, not held debug software optional
- optional, not held design user interface optional
- optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
- optional, not held develop automated software tests optional
- optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
- optional, not held use markup languages optional
- optional, not held use scripting programming optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
- optional, not held give live presentation optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
22 held skills the ICT accessibility tester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
- not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role create prototype of user experience solutions skill
- not needed by the target role create website wireframe skill
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify technological needs skill
- not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role online moderation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
- not needed by the target role software metrics knowledge
- not needed by the target role use access control software skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role web analytics knowledge
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn ICT accessibility standards required
- still to learn levels of software testing required
- still to learn screen reader required
- optional, not held AJAX optional
- optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
- optional, not held JavaScript optional
- optional, not held PHP optional
- optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
- optional, not held web programming optional
Common questions about this move
Can a user experience analyst become an ICT accessibility tester?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A user experience analyst already covers 47% of what an ICT accessibility tester is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 10 of which the ICT accessibility tester role treats as required.
What skills does a user experience analyst need to become an ICT accessibility tester?
11 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is ICT accessibility standards.
How hard is the move from user experience analyst to ICT accessibility tester?
Its learning distance is 59.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.