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

ICT quality assurance managertoICT test analyst

A ICT quality assurance manager already meets 33% of what the ICT test analyst role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT quality assurance manager
33%
Overlap1
To ICT test analyst
10 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
64.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.7/ 100

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

  • execute software tests
  • levels of software testing
  • provide software testing documentation
  • set quality assurance objectives

What stands in the way is 5 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT test analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT quality assurance manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held levels of software testing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held perform quality audits management skills
  • already held execute software tests working with computers
  • already held set quality assurance objectives management skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the ICT test analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop ICT test suite required
  • required, not held address problems critically required
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held replicate customer software issues required
  • optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held report test findings required
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plan software testing required
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 12 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT test 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held execute software tests skill
  • already held levels of software testing knowledge
  • already held provide software testing documentation skill
  • already held set quality assurance objectives skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held develop automated software tests skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held perform quality audits skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held measure software usability optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held conduct ICT code review optional
  • optional, not held debug software optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held measure software usability optional
  • optional, not held perform software recovery testing optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held give live presentation optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
29 held skills the ICT test analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT quality policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to detail in preparation for audits skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
  • not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define data quality criteria skill
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
  • not needed by the target role provide technical training skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software anomalies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
  • not needed by the target role usability engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
13 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
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held decision support systems optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held tools for ICT test automation optional
  • optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT quality assurance manager

Full index of moves from ICT quality assurance manager

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.