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

user experience analysttoICT research manager

A user experience analyst already meets 28% of what the ICT research manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From user experience analyst
28%
Overlap1
To ICT research manager
19 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
74.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.4/ 100

1 Share of the ICT research manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the user experience 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.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT research manager role treats 2 of its required skills as things a user experience analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct qualitative research
  • conduct quantitative research

What stands in the way is 16 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT research manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user experience analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held execute ICT user research activities information skills
  • already held identify technological needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply systemic design thinking communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held LDAP information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held MDX information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held XQuery information and communication technologies (icts)

All 19 carried skills, including the 2 the ICT research manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 6 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor ICT research required
  • required, not held plan research process required
  • required, not held apply statistical analysis techniques required
  • required, not held conduct literature research required
  • required, not held conduct scholarly research required
  • required, not held monitor technology trends required
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held process data optional
02 business, administration and law 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT project management required
  • required, not held innovation processes required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held innovate in ICT required
  • required, not held write research proposals required
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held provide user documentation optional
04 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage ICT project required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply system organisational policies required
06 education 1 required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT research 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct qualitative research skill
  • already held conduct quantitative research skill
  • already held Agile project management 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 apply systemic design thinking skill
  • already held conduct research interview skill
  • already held execute ICT user research activities skill
  • already held identify technological needs skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held report analysis results skill
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
08 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply reverse engineering optional
  • optional, not held perform data mining optional
09 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held apply reverse engineering optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
  • optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
  • optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held perform data mining optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held process data optional
  • optional, not held provide user documentation optional
26 held skills the ICT research manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess users' interaction with ICT applications skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create prototype of user experience solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role create website wireframe skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast future ICT network needs skill
  • not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
  • not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
  • not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role measure software usability skill
  • not needed by the target role online moderation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software metrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test system accessibility for users with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role use access control software skill
  • not needed by the target role use experience map skill
  • not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role web analytics knowledge
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 ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT project management required
  • required, not held innovation processes required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held crowdsourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held information extraction optional
  • optional, not held insourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held outsourcing strategy optional
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from user experience analyst

Full index of moves from user experience 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.