ICT research managertoICT research consultant
A ICT research manager already meets 34% of what the ICT research consultant role asks for. The move turns on 35 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
76.3/ 100
1 Share of the ICT research consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT research 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 this move works
A ICT research consultant role treats 14 of its required skills as things a ICT research manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply reverse engineering
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- conduct literature research
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- conduct research interview
What stands in the way is 35 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT research consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT research manager background worth leading with.
- already held monitor ICT research information skills
- already held apply reverse engineering working with computers
- already held execute ICT user research activities information skills
- already held innovate in ICT communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan research process information skills
- already held provide user documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
All 29 carried skills, including the 14 the ICT research consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 43 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held consult with business clients required
- required, not held interact with users to gather requirements required
- required, not held manage intellectual property rights required
- required, not held use methodologies for user-centered design required
- required, not held communicate with a non-scientific audience required
- required, not held develop professional network with researchers and scientists required
- required, not held disseminate results to the scientific community required
- required, not held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation required
- required, not held evaluate research activities required
- required, not held increase the impact of science on policy and society required
- required, not held interact professionally in research and professional environments required
- required, not held mentor individuals required
- required, not held promote the transfer of knowledge required
- required, not held publish academic research required
- required, not held speak different languages required
- required, not held think abstractly required
- required, not held write scientific publications required
- optional, not held apply blended learning optional
- optional, not held provide written content optional
- optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
- required, not held create prototype of user experience solutions required
- required, not held apply for research funding required
- required, not held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities required
- required, not held conduct research across disciplines required
- required, not held demonstrate disciplinary expertise required
- required, not held integrate gender dimension in research required
- required, not held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data required
- required, not held manage research data required
- required, not held perform scientific research required
- required, not held promote open innovation in research required
- required, not held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities required
- required, not held synthesise information required
- required, not held develop software prototype required
- required, not held digital data processing required
- required, not held operate open source software required
- required, not held manage open publications required
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- required, not held manage personal professional development required
- required, not held perform project management required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held web analytics optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ICT research consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consult with business clients skill · sector specific
- 02 create prototype of user experience solutions skill · sector specific
- 03 develop software prototype skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held apply reverse engineering skill
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held conduct literature research skill
- already held conduct qualitative research skill
- already held conduct quantitative research skill
- already held conduct research interview skill
- already held conduct scholarly research skill
- already held execute ICT user research activities skill
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held innovate in ICT skill
- already held innovation processes knowledge
- already held plan research process skill
- already held provide user documentation skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held ICT market 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 create solutions to problems skill
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
- already held information extraction knowledge
- already held monitor ICT research skill
- already held perform data mining skill
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held report analysis results skill
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held optimise choice of ICT solution optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- optional, not held apply blended learning optional
- optional, not held provide written content optional
- optional, not held teach in academic or vocational contexts optional
- optional, not held web analytics optional
20 held skills the ICT research consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify technological needs skill
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
- not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role process data skill
- not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held information categorisation optional
- optional, not held web analytics optional
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.