ICT intelligent systems designer
Biology, Computer Science and Psychology at GCSE, then a Level 7 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a master’s degree · 1 standard and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 7 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
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
Biology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: experimental design, hypothesis testing, scientific method, data extraction.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Biology | 1.00 | experimental design, hypothesis testing, scientific method, data extraction, uncertainty |
| A level Computer Science | 0.63 | algorithm design, data modelling, test data, database |
| GCSE Psychology | 0.59 | society, ethical issue, research design, reliability |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.59 | ethical issue, bias, data visualisation, data collection, reliability |
| A level Geography | 0.50 | data analysis technique, bias, data presentation, data collection |
| GCSE Geography | 0.43 | bias, presentation, data collection, reliability |
| A level Business Studies | 0.41 | business problems, uncertainty, customer need |
| GCSE Computer Science | 0.36 | society, test data |
| A level Psychology | 0.32 | experimental design, research design |
| GCSE Sociology | 0.31 | ethical issue, research design |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
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
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Biology, Computer Science and Psychology, 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
More schools9
What the job is
ICT intelligent systems designers apply methods of artificial intelligence in engineering, robotics and computer science to design programs which simulate intelligence including thinking models, cognitive and knowledge-based systems, problem solving, and decision making. They also integrate structured knowledge into computer systems (ontologies, knowledge bases) in order to solve complex problems normally requiring a high level of human expertise or artificial intelligence methods.
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.