Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

data analysttochief data officer

A data analyst already meets 56% of what the chief data officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From data analyst
56%
Overlap1
To chief data officer
34 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
53.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.5/ 100

1 Share of the chief data officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the data analyst 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.

Why

Why this move works

A chief data officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a data analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • data ethics
  • data mining
  • data science
  • data storage
  • define data quality criteria
  • information structure

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 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief data officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a data analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held data ethics arts and humanities
  • already held integrate ICT data working with computers
  • already held online analytical processing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held image recognition information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held information categorisation social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held make data-driven decisions information skills

All 34 carried skills, including the 9 the chief data officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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 2 required
  • required, not held manage ICT data classification required
  • required, not held utilise decision support system required
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 15 supplementary
  • required, not held decision support systems required
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define technology strategy required
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
  • optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply information security policies required
  • optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held business processes required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held manage ICT data architecture required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chief data officer 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 34 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held data ethics knowledge
  • already held data mining knowledge
  • already held data science knowledge
  • already held data storage knowledge
  • already held define data quality criteria skill
  • already held information structure knowledge
  • already held make data-driven decisions skill
  • already held manage data skill
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held business intelligence knowledge
  • already held cloud technologies knowledge
  • already held data engineering knowledge
  • already held data models knowledge
  • already held data quality assessment knowledge
  • already held database knowledge
  • already held deliver visual presentation of data skill
  • already held image recognition knowledge
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held information categorisation knowledge
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held information extraction knowledge
  • already held integrate ICT data skill
  • already held online analytical processing knowledge
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held report analysis results skill
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held use databases skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
  • optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
33 held skills the chief data officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Hadoop knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role business analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect ICT data skill
  • not needed by the target role create data models skill
  • not needed by the target role data visualisation software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
  • not needed by the target role documentation types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish data processes skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role game theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gather data for forensic purposes skill
  • not needed by the target role handle data samples skill
  • not needed by the target role healthcare analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement data quality processes skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
  • not needed by the target role marketing analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role normalise data skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data cleansing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
  • not needed by the target role research design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social network analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistical modeling techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role store digital data and systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
  • not needed by the target role web analytics knowledge
17 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 decision support systems required
  • required, not held business processes required
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from data analyst

Full index of moves from data analyst

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.