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

ICT consultanttoICT business analyst

A ICT consultant already meets 22% of what the ICT business analyst role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT consultant
22%
Overlap1
To ICT business analyst
8 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
75.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.6/ 100

1 Share of the ICT business analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT consultant 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 business analyst role treats 4 of its required skills as things a ICT consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • define technical requirements
  • identify customer requirements
  • interact with users to gather requirements
  • legal requirements of ICT products

What stands in the way is 14 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT business analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide user documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interact with users to gather requirements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage ICT project management skills
  • already held identify customer requirements information skills
  • already held legal requirements of ICT products business, administration and law
  • already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the ICT business analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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 information skills 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business processes required
  • required, not held analyse business requirements required
  • required, not held analyse the context of an organisation required
  • required, not held identify legal requirements required
  • required, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports required
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held implement strategic planning required
  • required, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems required
  • required, not held translate requirements into visual design required
  • optional, not held design process optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held business process modelling required
  • required, not held business requirements techniques required
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
04 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held apply change management required
  • required, not held create business process models required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held product usage risks analysis required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT business analyst 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held identify customer requirements skill
  • already held interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • already held manage ICT project skill
  • already held provide user documentation skill
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held information categorisation optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information categorisation optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
30 held skills the ICT business analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role game theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
  • 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 keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT change request process skill
  • not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
  • not needed by the target role optimise choice of ICT solution skill
  • not needed by the target role provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role use e-services skill
  • not needed by the target role verify formal ICT specifications skill
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 business process modelling required
  • required, not held business requirements techniques required
  • required, not held digital systems required
  • required, not held product usage risks analysis required
  • optional, not held ICT market optional
  • optional, not held business ICT systems optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held information architecture optional
  • optional, not held information categorisation optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
  • optional, not held innovation processes optional
  • optional, not held internal risk management policy optional
  • optional, not held organisational resilience optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT consultant

Full index of moves from ICT consultant

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.