ICT consultant

Occupation · ISCO 2511what the job is

Statistics, Business Studies and Geography at GCSE, then a Level 6 apprenticeship or a degree.

Closest route from school
Level 6

the nearest apprenticeship standard, a bachelor’s degree · 1 standard and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content

Level 6 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.

At school · Years 9–13

Which subjects build towards it?

10GCSE and A level subjects share ideas with this job; GCSE Statistics is the closest

Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.

DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today

Statistics leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: perform data cleansing, conclusion, data processing, evaluation.

All subjects and shared ideas10
SubjectMatchShared ideas
GCSE Statistics1.00perform data cleansing, conclusion, data processing, evaluation, data visualisation
A level Business Studies0.83business problems, qualitative method, organisational change, quantitative method, product life-cycle
A level Geography0.65coding, qualitative method, data analysis technique, data presentation, data collection
GCSE Computer Science0.64debugging, data structure, vulnerability, testing, ethics
A level Biology0.61interference, conclusion, data processing, data presentation
GCSE Geography0.51conclusion, analysis, data interpretation, data collection, reliability
GCSE Biology0.47conclusion, data extraction, data presentation, data interpretation
GCSE Religious Studies0.37prejudice, interpretation
GCSE Modern Foreign Language0.27conclusion, evaluation
A level Computer Science0.26data structure, database
After school · 16–19 and beyond

Which apprenticeships lead here?

1Skills England standard match this job

Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.

Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

England

Where are these subjects taken most?

Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Statistics, Business Studies and Geography, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.

Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.

DfE subject entries

ESCO · 2511

What the job is

ICT consultants provide advice on how to optimise the use of existing tools and systems, make recommendations for the development and implementation of a business project or technological solution and contribute to project definitions. They raise awareness on information technology innovations and their potential value to a business. They also participate in the assessment and choice of ICT solutions.

Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.

This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.