Table 1Transition record

IT auditortoICT auditor manager

A IT auditor already meets 55% of what the ICT auditor manager role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From IT auditor

55%

Overlap1

To ICT auditor manager

20 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

51.9 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 51.9

This move: 51.9 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the ICT auditor manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the IT auditor 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT auditor manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a IT auditor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop audit plan management skills
already held develop ICT workflow management skills
already held ICT quality policy business, administration and law
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards assisting and caring
already held identify legal requirements information skills
already held manage IT security compliances working with computers

All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the ICT auditor manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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 2 required

required, not held implement ICT risk management required
required, not held perform contract compliance audits required

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held attack vectors required

optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held web programming optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held build business relationships required

optional, not held develop ICT test suite optional
optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
optional, not held coach employees optional
optional, not held train employees optional

04 working with computers 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held manage standard enterprise resource planning system required

optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
optional, not held use markup languages optional

05 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements required

optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
optional, not held ensure information privacy optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held control objectives for information and related technology required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT auditor manager 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 20 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT project management knowledge
already held audit techniques knowledge
already held cyber security knowledge
already held develop ICT workflow skill
already held develop audit plan skill
already held ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards skill
already held execute ICT audits skill
already held identify legal requirements skill
already held manage IT security compliances skill
already held monitor technology trends skill
already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
already held quality standards knowledge
already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT quality policy knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held ICT security standards knowledge
already held cloud technologies knowledge
already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
already held organisational resilience knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge

15 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 develop ICT test suite optional
optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement corporate governance optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
optional, not held use markup languages optional
optional, not held web programming optional
optional, not held coach employees optional
optional, not held train employees optional

17 held skills the ICT auditor manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role communicate analytical insights skill
not needed by the target role define organisational standards skill
not needed by the target role develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role identify ICT security risks skill
not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
not needed by the target role inform on workplace safety standards skill
not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill

8 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 control objectives for information and related technology required
required, not held attack vectors required
optional, not held AJAX optional
optional, not held JavaScript optional
optional, not held PHP optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information structure optional
optional, not held web programming optional

Index

Other moves recorded from IT auditor

Full index of moves from IT auditor

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.