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

ICT test analysttoICT usability tester

A ICT test analyst already meets 52% of what the ICT usability tester role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT test analyst
52%
Overlap1
To ICT usability tester
28 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
53.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 53.8

This move: 53.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the ICT usability tester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT test analyst 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT usability tester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT test analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held replicate customer software issues working with computers
  • already held develop automated software tests communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held measure software usability constructing
  • already held provide software testing documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop ICT test suite communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct ICT code review working with computers

All 28 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT usability tester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held execute ICT user research activities required
  • required, not held test for behavioural patterns required
  • required, not held test for emotional patterns required
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held application usability required
  • required, not held human-computer interaction required
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
03 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create website wireframe required
  • required, not held use experience map required
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held behavioural science required
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
06 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess users' interaction with ICT applications required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT usability tester 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 28 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held execute software tests skill
  • already held levels of software testing knowledge
  • already held measure software usability skill
  • already held provide software testing documentation skill
  • already held replicate customer software issues skill
  • already held report test findings skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held ICT project management methodologies knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held Process-based management knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held conduct ICT code review skill
  • already held debug software skill
  • already held develop ICT test suite skill
  • already held develop automated software tests skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage schedule of tasks skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held tools for ICT test automation knowledge
  • already held use scripting programming skill
  • already held visual presentation techniques knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held design user interface optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
8 held skills the ICT usability tester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
  • not needed by the target role perform software recovery testing skill
  • not needed by the target role plan software testing skill
  • not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
10 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 application usability required
  • required, not held human-computer interaction required
  • required, not held behavioural science required
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held unstructured data optional
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT test analyst

Full index of moves from ICT test analyst

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.