ICT System Analyst ICT Professionals
SaveWhat Does an ICT System Analyst Do?
ICT system analysts specify the system needs to meet the end user requirements. They analyse system functions in order to define their goals or purposes and to discover operations and procedures for accomplishing them most efficiently. They also design new IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity, produce outline designs and estimate costs of new systems, specify the operations the system will perform, and the way data will be viewed by the end user. They present the design to the users and work closely with the users to implement the solution.
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Decision Support Systems
The ICT systems that can be used to support business or organisational decision making.
These are common skills for this role, based on a European framework. Requirements vary between jobs, including in the UK. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box - use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become an ICT System Analyst
Essential Skills
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EssentialICT Performance Analysis Methods knowledge
The methods used to analyse software, ICT system and network performance which provide guidance to root causes of issues within information systems. The methods can analyse resource bottlenecks, application times, …
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EssentialSystems Development Life-cycle knowledge
The sequence of steps, such as planning, creating, testing and deploying and the models for the development and life-cycle management of a system.
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EssentialLevels Of Software Testing knowledge
The levels of testing in the software development process, such as unit testing, integration testing, system testing and acceptance testing.
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EssentialICT Infrastructure knowledge
The system, network, hardware and software applications and components, as well as devices and processes that are used in order to develop, test, deliver, monitor, control or support ICT services.
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EssentialOnline Analytical Processing knowledge
The online tools which analyse, aggregate and present multi-dimensional data enabling users to interactively and selectively extract and view data from specific points of view.
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EssentialSoftware Metrics knowledge
The metrics that measure a characteristic of the software system in order to determine the development of the software and evaluate it.
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EssentialSoftware Architecture Models knowledge
The set of structures and models needed to understand or describe the software system, including the software elements, the relations between them and the properties of both elements and relations.
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EssentialAnalyse Business Processes skill
Study the contribution of the work processes to the business goals and monitor their efficiency and productivity.
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EssentialAnalyse Software Specifications skill
Assess the specifications of a software product or system to be developed by identifying functional and non-functional requirements, constraints and possible sets of use cases which illustrate interactions between the …
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EssentialApply Statistical Analysis Techniques skill
Use models (descriptive or inferential statistics) and techniques (data mining or machine learning) for statistical analysis and ICT tools to analyse data, uncover correlations and forecast trends.
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EssentialDefine Technical Requirements skill
Specify technical properties of goods, materials, methods, processes, services, systems, software and functionalities by identifying and responding to the particular needs that are to be satisfied according to customer requirements.
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EssentialExecute Feasibility Study skill
Perform the evaluation and assessment of the potential of a project, plan, proposition or new idea. Realise a standardised study which is based on extensive investigation and research to support …
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EssentialIdentify Customer Requirements skill
Apply techniques and tools, such as surveys, questionnaires, ICT applications, for eliciting, defining, analysing, documenting and maintaining user requirements from system, service or product.
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EssentialInteract With Users To Gather Requirements skill
Communicate with users to identify their requirements and collect them. Define all relevant user requirements and document them in an understandable and logical way for further analysis and specification.
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EssentialMonitor System Performance skill
Measure system reliability and performance before, during and after component integration and during system operation and maintenance. Select and use performance monitoring tools and techniques, such as special software.
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EssentialSolve ICT System Problems skill
Identify potential component malfunctions. Monitor, document and communicate about incidents. Deploy appropriate resources with minimal outage and deploy appropriate diagnostic tools.
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EssentialAnalyse ICT System skill
Study the activity and performance of information systems in order to model their usage and weaknesses, specify purpose, architecture and services and discover operations and procedures for accomplishing them most …
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EssentialAnalyse The Context Of An Organisation skill
Study the external and internal environment of an organisation by identifying its strengths and weaknesses in order to provide a base for company strategies and further planning.
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EssentialCreate Data Models skill
Use specific techniques and methodologies to analyse the data requirements of an organisation's business processes in order to create models for these data, such as conceptual, logical and physical models. …
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EssentialDesign Information System skill
Define the architecture, composition, components, modules, interfaces and data for integrated information systems (hardware, software and network), based on system requirements and specifications.
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EssentialIdentify ICT System Weaknesses skill
Analyse the system and network architecture, hardware and software components and data in order to identify weaknesses and vulnerability to intrusions or attacks.
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EssentialManage ICT Legacy Implication skill
Oversee the transfer process from a legacy (an outdated system) to a current system by mapping, interfacing, migrating, documenting and transforming data.
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EssentialManage System Testing skill
Select, perform and track testings on software or hardware to detect system defects both within the integrated system units, the inter-assemblages and the system as a whole. Organise testings such …
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EssentialPerform Security Vulnerability Assessments skill
Execute types of security testing, such as network penetration testing, wireless testing, code reviews, wireless and/or firewall assessments in accordance with industry-accepted methods and protocols to identify and analyse potential …
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Optional Skills (5 of 62 displayed)
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OptionalASP.NET knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in ASP.NET.
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OptionalPython (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Python.
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OptionalSwift (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Swift.
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OptionalHaskell knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Haskell.
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OptionalOutsourcing Model knowledge
The outsourcing model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of …
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OptionalC# knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in C#.
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OptionalJavascript knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in JavaScript.
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2 books -
OptionalPHP knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in PHP.
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2 books -
OptionalSAS Language knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in SAS language.
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3 books -
OptionalScratch (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Scratch.
No book recommendations available yet.
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OptionalJava (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Java.
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OptionalScala knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Scala.
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OptionalMATLAB knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in MATLAB.
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OptionalSPARQL knowledge
The computer language SPARQL is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information. It is developed by the international standards organisation …
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OptionalVbscript knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in VBScript.
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OptionalABAP knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in ABAP.
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OptionalAJAX knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in AJAX.
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OptionalCoffeescript knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in CoffeeScript.
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OptionalGroovy knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Groovy.
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OptionalICT Process Quality Models knowledge
The quality models for ICT services which address the maturity of the processes, the adoption of recommended practices and their definition and institutionalisation that allow the organisation to reliably and …
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OptionalMicrosoft Visual C++ knowledge
The computer program Visual C++ is a suite of software development tools for writing programs, such as compiler, debugger, code editor, code highlights, packaged in a unified user interface. It …
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OptionalObjective-c knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Objective-C.
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OptionalPerl knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Perl.
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OptionalRuby (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Ruby.
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OptionalSaas (service-oriented Modelling) knowledge
The SaaS model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of …
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OptionalSAP R3 knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in SAP R3.
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OptionalTypescript knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in TypeScript.
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OptionalVisual Studio .NET knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Visual Basic.
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OptionalR knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in R.
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OptionalLINQ knowledge
The computer language LINQ is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information. It is developed by the software company Microsoft.
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OptionalPascal (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Pascal.
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2 books -
OptionalC++ knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in C++.
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OptionalAPL knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in APL.
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OptionalAudit Techniques knowledge
The techniques and methods that support a systematic and independent examination of data, policies, operations and performances using computer-assisted audit tools and techniques (CAATs) such as spreadsheets, databases, statistical analysis …
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OptionalCOBOL knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in COBOL.
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OptionalCommon Lisp knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Common Lisp.
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OptionalErlang knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Erlang.
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OptionalHardware Architectures knowledge
The designs laying out the physical hardware components and their interconnections.
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OptionalHardware Platforms knowledge
The characteristics of the hardware configuration required to process the applications software product.
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OptionalHybrid Model knowledge
The hybrid model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of …
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OptionalLDAP knowledge
The computer language LDAP is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information.
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OptionalN1QL knowledge
The computer language N1QL is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information. It is developed by the software company Couchbase.
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OptionalObject-oriented Modelling knowledge
The object-oriented paradigm, which is based on classes, objects, methods and interfaces and their application in software design and analysis, programming organisation and techniques.
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OptionalOpenedge Advanced Business Language knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in OpenEdge Advanced Business Language.
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OptionalOpen Source Model knowledge
The open source model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety …
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OptionalProlog (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Prolog.
No book recommendations available yet.
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OptionalSmalltalk (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Smalltalk.
No book recommendations available yet.
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OptionalUnified Modelling Language knowledge
The general-purpose modelling language used in software development to offer a standard visualisation of system designs.
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OptionalXquery knowledge
The computer language XQuery is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information. It is developed by the international standards organisation …
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OptionalDistributed Computing knowledge
the software process in which computer components interact over a network and send messages to communicate on their actions.
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OptionalML (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in ML.
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1 book -
OptionalAssembly (computer Programming) knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Assembly.
No book recommendations available yet.
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OptionalComputer Programming knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms (e.g. object oriented programming, functional programming) and of programming languages.
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OptionalData Mining knowledge
The methods of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and databases used to extract content from a dataset.
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OptionalLisp knowledge
The techniques and principles of software development, such as analysis, algorithms, coding, testing and compiling of programming paradigms in Lisp.
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OptionalMDX knowledge
The computer language MDX is a query language for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information. It is developed by the software company Microsoft.
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OptionalQuery Languages knowledge
The field of standardised computer languages for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information.
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OptionalResource Description Framework Query Language knowledge
The query languages such as SPARQL which are used to retrieve and manipulate data stored in Resource Description Framework format (RDF).
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OptionalService-oriented Modelling knowledge
The principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as …
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OptionalConduct Quantitative Research skill
Execute a systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques.
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OptionalExecute Analytical Mathematical Calculations skill
Apply mathematical methods and make use of calculation technologies in order to perform analyses and devise solutions to specific problems.
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OptionalProvide ICT Consulting Advice skill
Advise on appropriate solutions in the field of ICT by selecting alternatives and optimising decisions while taking into account potential risks, benefits and overall impact to professional customers.
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