Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a software manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a software manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Software managers oversee the acquisition and development of software systems in order to provide support to all organisational units. They also monitor the results and quality of the different software solutions and projects implemented in the organisation.

Managers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT research manager, 32%

ICT research manager 32% covered ICT project manager 26% covered ICT operations manager 24% covered ICT consultant 20% covered ICT product manager 20% covered software manager You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from software manager. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a software manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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software manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a software manager already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.