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

web developertoweb designer

A web developer already meets 62% of what the web designer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From web developer
62%
Overlap1
To web designer
12 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
36.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

62%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.3/ 100

1 Share of the web designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the web 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.

Why

Why this move works

A web designer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a web developer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • JavaScript
  • JavaScript Framework
  • WebCMS
  • compose description for web elements
  • implement front-end website design
  • use markup languages

What stands in the way is 3 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A web designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a web developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held compose description for web elements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held WebCMS information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held implement front-end website design working with computers
  • already held Joomla information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM WebSphere information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held JavaScript Framework information and communication technologies (icts)

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the web designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collaborate with designers required
  • required, not held establish customer rapport required
  • optional, not held design web-based courses optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held create website wireframe required
  • optional, not held manage online content optional
  • optional, not held manage website optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held Adobe Photoshop optional
  • optional, not held GIMP (graphics editor software) optional
  • optional, not held graphics editor software optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a web designer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held JavaScript Framework knowledge
  • already held WebCMS knowledge
  • already held compose description for web elements skill
  • already held implement front-end website design skill
  • already held use markup languages skill
  • already held web programming knowledge
  • already held CSS knowledge
  • already held IBM WebSphere knowledge
  • already held JSSS knowledge
  • already held Joomla knowledge
  • already held style sheet languages knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Adobe Photoshop optional
  • optional, not held GIMP (graphics editor software) optional
  • optional, not held graphics editor software optional
  • optional, not held manage online content optional
  • optional, not held design web-based courses optional
  • optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
  • optional, not held manage website optional
91 held skills the web designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role APL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ansible knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Apache Maven knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role KDevelop knowledge
  • not needed by the target role LESS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role R knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SPARK knowledge
  • not needed by the target role STAF knowledge

51 further entries not listed here

3 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
  • optional, not held Adobe Photoshop optional
  • optional, not held GIMP (graphics editor software) optional
  • optional, not held graphics editor software optional
Index

Other moves recorded from web developer

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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.