BCS: Guide to matching IT skills to IT Industry Sectors

IT Skills A-Z	Sub Categories	IT Industry Sector to Select
Account management	Sales and marketing	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Application support	Operation	Service provision
Asset management	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Availability management	Infrastructure	Service provision
Benefits management	Business change management	Business Change
Business analysis	Business change management	Business Change
Business process improvement	Business/ information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Business process testing	Business change management	Business Change
Business risk management	Business/ information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Capacity management	Infrastructure	Service provision
Change implementation planning & mgtm	Business change management	Business Change
Change management	Infrastructure	Service provision
Client services management	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Compliance audit	Quality	Procurement and management support
Configuration management	Infrastructure	Service provision
Consultancy	Advice and guidance	Strategy & planning
Content creation	Human factors	Development
Continuity management	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Data analysis	Systems Development	Development
Data protection	Operation	Service provision
Database administration	Operation	Service provision
Database design	Systems Development	Development
Education and training delivery	Education and training	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Education and training delivery management	Education and training	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Emerging technology monitoring	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Financial manegement for IT	Infrastructure	Service provision
Human factors integration	Human factors	Development
Information assurance	Business/ information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Information Management	Information Strategy	Strategy & planning
Information security	Business/ information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Information systems coordination	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Innovation	Business/ information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Management and operations	Operation	Service provision
Marketing	Sales and marketing	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Methods and tools	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Network control and operation	Operation	Service provision
Network design	Systems Development	Development
Network planning	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Network support	User Support	Service provision
Non-functional needs analysis	Human factors	Development
Organisation design & implementation	Business change management	Business Change
Porting / software integration	Installation and integration	Development
Problem management	User Support	Service provision
Procurement	Supply management	Procurement and management support
Professional development	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Programme management	Business change management	Business Change
Programming / sofware development	Systems Development	Development
Project management	Business change management	Business Change
Project office	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Quality assurance	Quality	Procurement and management support
Quality management	Quality	Procurement and management support
Quality standards	Quality	Procurement and management support
Radio frequency engineering	Infrastructure	Service provision
Research	Business / information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Resourcing	Resource Management	Procurement and management support
Safety assessment	Quality	Procurement and management support
Safety engineering	Systems Development	Development
Sales support	Sales and marketing	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Security administration	Infrastructure	Service provision
Selling	Sales and marketing	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Service desk and incident management	User Support	Service provision
Service level management	Operation	Service provision
Software development process improvement	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Stakeholder relationship management	Relationship management	Business Change
Strategic application of information systems	Business / information systems strategy and planning	Strategy & planning
Supplier relationship management	Supply management	Procurement and management support
System software	Infrastructure	Service provision
Systems architecture	Technical strategy & planning	Strategy & planning
Systems design	Systems Development	Development
Systems development management	Systems Development	Development
Systems ergonomics	Human factors	Development
Systems installation / decommissioning	Installation and integration	Development
Systems integration	Installation and integration	Development
Systems testing	Systems Development	Development
Technical specialism	Advice and guidance	Strategy & planning
Training materials creation and maintenance	Education and training	Other (Ancillary skill areas)
Usability evaluation	Human factors	Development
Web site specialism	Systems Development	Development


Guide to matching IT Skills to IT Industry Sectors Use the matrix below of SFIA' categorised IT skills in order to select the most appropriate IT Industry Sector for IT jobs. More about SFIA is at www.bcs.org/sfia

Guide to matching IT Skills to IT Industry Sectors