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

database designertoICT system architect

A database designer already meets 62% of what the ICT system architect role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database designer
62%
Overlap1
To ICT system architect
63 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
53 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53/ 100

1 Share of the ICT system architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database designer 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 ICT system architect role treats 11 of its required skills as things a database designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse business requirements
  • apply ICT systems theory
  • assess ICT knowledge
  • business process modelling
  • database development tools
  • define technical requirements

What stands in the way is 12 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 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT system architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Oracle WebLogic information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held manage standards for data exchange management skills
  • already held systems theory information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held apply ICT systems theory working with computers
  • already held assess ICT knowledge management skills
  • already held database development tools information and communication technologies (icts)

All 63 carried skills, including the 11 the ICT system architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 8 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 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held acquire system component required
  • required, not held align software with system architectures required
  • required, not held implement ICT security policies required
  • required, not held integrate system components required
  • required, not held use an application-specific interface required
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held hardware platforms required
  • required, not held system design required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
  • optional, not held task algorithmisation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held design enterprise architecture required
  • required, not held design information system required
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create data models required
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
05 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held manage system testing required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT system architect 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 63 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held apply ICT systems theory skill
  • already held assess ICT knowledge skill
  • already held business process modelling knowledge
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held manage database skill
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held systems theory knowledge
  • already held use markup languages 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 Agile project management 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 Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation 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 Oracle WebLogic knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held Process-based management 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 Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held design database in the cloud skill
  • already held design database scheme skill
  • already held information structure knowledge
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held manage standards for data exchange skill
  • already held perform resource planning skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held develop with cloud services optional
  • optional, not held plan migration to cloud optional
  • optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
  • optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
  • optional, not held task algorithmisation optional
40 held skills the ICT system architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DB2 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 LDAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ObjectStore 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 PostgreSQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
  • not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create data sets skill
  • not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
  • not needed by the target role create software design skill
  • not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define database physical structure skill
  • not needed by the target role design database backup specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role develop automated migration methods skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use access control software skill
  • not needed by the target role use databases skill
  • not needed by the target role write database documentation skill
11 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 hardware platforms required
  • required, not held system design required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
  • optional, not held ICT system integration optional
  • optional, not held ICT system programming optional
  • optional, not held defence standard procedures optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
  • optional, not held model based system engineering optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
  • optional, not held task algorithmisation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from database designer

Full index of moves from database designer

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.