Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

User interface designer to user interface developer

A user interface designer already meets 59% of what the user interface developer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From user interface designer
59 % overlap
Partial match
To user interface developer
58 You already bring
7 Still to learn
98 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.7/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

A user interface developer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a user interface designer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • World Wide Web Consortium standards
  • computer programming
  • design graphics
  • design user interface
  • draw design sketches
  • graphics editor software

What stands in the way is 7 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 58 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A user interface developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user interface designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held software UI design patterns information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use methodologies for user-centered design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held software interaction design information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held human-computer interaction information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held screen reader information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use query languages working with computers

All 58 carried skills, including the 10 the user interface developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 40 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 3 required, 9 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse software specifications required
  • still to learn develop software prototype required
  • still to learn use software libraries required
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model 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 logic programming optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 22 supplementary
  • still to learn integrated development environment software required
  • still to learn style sheet languages required
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held Drupal optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL 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 Sass optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn use software design patterns required
  • optional, not held create flowchart diagram optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn interpret technical texts required
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT project management optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a user interface 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 58 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held design graphics skill
  • already held design user interface skill
  • already held draw design sketches skill
  • already held graphics editor software knowledge
  • already held software UI design patterns knowledge
  • already held use an application-specific interface skill
  • already held use methodologies for user-centered design skill
  • already held web programming knowledge
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • already held Adobe Photoshop 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 GIMP (graphics editor software) 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 Visio 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 SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Synfig knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held human-computer interaction knowledge
  • already held screen reader knowledge
  • already held software interaction design knowledge
  • already held use markup languages skill
  • already held use query languages skill
33 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held Drupal optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL 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 Sass optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held design interaction model optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management 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 logic programming optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held create flowchart diagram optional
37 held skills the user interface developer 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 accessibility standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation 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 Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create software design 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 design process skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role interactive media 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 manage localisation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage online content skill
  • not needed by the target role natural language processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform online data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software design methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role task algorithmisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test system accessibility for users with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role translate requirements into visual design skill
  • not needed by the target role web based collaborative platforms knowledge
25 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 style sheet languages required
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held CSS optional
  • optional, not held Drupal optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management optional
  • optional, not held JSSS optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held KDevelop optional
  • optional, not held LESS optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held NoSQL 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 Sass optional
  • optional, not held Vagrant optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
  • optional, not held Xcode optional
  • optional, not held tools for software configuration management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from user interface designer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a user interface designer become a user interface developer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A user interface designer already covers 59% of what a user interface developer is expected to do: 58 skills carry over, 10 of which the user interface developer role treats as required.

What skills does a user interface designer need to become a user interface developer?

7 required skills are missing, plus 33 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is analyse software specifications.

How hard is the move from user interface designer to user interface developer?

Its learning distance is 55.7 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.