ICT system analyst

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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include systems development life-cycle, software architecture models, digital systems, decision support systems, attack vectors, levels of software testing. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives ICT system analyst a score of 0.58 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.