Table 1Transition record

user interface developertomobile application developer

A user interface developer already meets 77% of what the mobile application developer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From user interface developer

77%

Overlap1

To mobile application developer

69 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

35.5 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 35.5

This move: 35.5 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the mobile application developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the user interface developer 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 69 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mobile application developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user interface developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held Xcode information and communication technologies (icts)
already held use concurrent programming working with computers
already held use functional programming working with computers
already held KDevelop information and communication technologies (icts)
already held use logic programming working with computers
already held use object-oriented programming working with computers

All 69 carried skills, including the 13 the mobile application developer 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 and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held Internet of Things required
required, not held mobile operating systems required

optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
optional, not held BlackBerry optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held iOS optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held digital systems optional

02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required

optional, not held identify customer requirements optional

03 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held migrate existing data required

optional, not held integrate system components optional

04 management skills 1 required

required, not held develop automated migration methods required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary

optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional

06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a mobile application 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 69 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
already held analyse software specifications skill
already held computer programming knowledge
already held create flowchart diagram skill
already held debug software skill
already held develop software prototype skill
already held integrated development environment software knowledge
already held interpret technical texts skill
already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
already held use an application-specific interface skill
already held use software design patterns skill
already held use software libraries skill
already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Ansible knowledge
already held Apache Maven knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held KDevelop knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held STAF knowledge
already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
already held Xcode knowledge
already held augmented reality knowledge
already held design user interface skill
already held screen reader knowledge
already held use automatic programming skill
already held use concurrent programming skill
already held use functional programming skill
already held use logic programming skill
already held use object-oriented programming skill
already held use query languages skill

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
optional, not held BlackBerry optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held iOS optional
optional, not held integrate system components optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
optional, not held digital systems optional
optional, not held identify customer requirements optional

29 held skills the mobile application developer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
not needed by the target role Adobe Photoshop knowledge
not needed by the target role Ajax Framework knowledge
not needed by the target role CSS knowledge
not needed by the target role Drupal knowledge
not needed by the target role GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
not needed by the target role JSSS knowledge
not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework knowledge
not needed by the target role LESS knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
not needed by the target role NoSQL knowledge
not needed by the target role Sass knowledge
not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
not needed by the target role Synfig knowledge
not needed by the target role Vagrant knowledge
not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
not needed by the target role design graphics skill
not needed by the target role design interaction model skill
not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
not needed by the target role graphics editor software knowledge
not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
not needed by the target role software UI design patterns knowledge
not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
not needed by the target role style sheet languages knowledge
not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
not needed by the target role use methodologies for user-centered design skill
not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
not needed by the target role web programming knowledge

12 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 Internet of Things required
required, not held mobile operating systems required
optional, not held Android (mobile operating systems) optional
optional, not held BlackBerry optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held iOS optional
optional, not held mobile device software frameworks optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held digital systems optional

Index

Other moves recorded from user interface developer

Full index of moves from user interface developer

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.