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

ICT system administratortocloud software developer

A ICT system administrator already meets 30% of what the cloud software developer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT system administrator
30%
Overlap1
To cloud software developer
8 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
71.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.1/ 100

1 Share of the cloud software developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT system administrator 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 cloud software developer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a ICT system administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT system programming
  • automate cloud tasks
  • cloud monitoring and reporting
  • cloud security and compliance
  • cloud technologies
  • manage cloud data and storage

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 cloud software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT system administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held IBM WebSphere information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held automate cloud tasks communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cloud security and compliance information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held monitor system performance constructing
  • already held ICT system programming information and communication technologies (icts)

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the cloud software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 and communication technologies (icts) 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held Java (computer programming) required
  • required, not held JavaScript required
  • required, not held decentralized application frameworks required
  • required, not held integrated development environment software required
  • required, not held software frameworks required
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required
  • required, not held define software architecture required
  • required, not held design cloud architecture required
  • required, not held design cloud networks required
  • required, not held design database in the cloud required
  • required, not held design for organisational complexity required
03 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held deploy cloud resource required
  • required, not held develop with cloud services required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held computer engineering required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held implement cloud security and compliance required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cloud software developer 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 ICT system programming knowledge
  • already held automate cloud tasks skill
  • already held cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
  • already held cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • already held cloud technologies knowledge
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held IBM WebSphere knowledge
  • already held monitor system performance skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
52 held skills the cloud software developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Apache Tomcat knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role acquire system component skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust ICT system capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
  • not needed by the target role apply system organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
  • not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT recovery system skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
  • not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
  • not needed by the target role implement spam protection skill
  • not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role install signal repeaters skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role interfacing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system security skill
  • not needed by the target role manage system testing skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role network engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform backups skill

12 further entries not listed here

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 Java (computer programming) required
  • required, not held JavaScript required
  • required, not held decentralized application frameworks required
  • required, not held integrated development environment software required
  • required, not held software frameworks required
  • required, not held computer engineering required
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held application usability optional
  • optional, not held service-oriented modelling optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT system administrator

Full index of moves from ICT system administrator

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.