Skills Heat Map

Skills Heat Map

The heat map below is a summary of the Skills Assessment data from SFIA self assessments that are part of your user profile. Each cell shows the number of people in the region who say they have each skill at that level.

We also collect regional industry statistics, and have a tech ecosystem map to help you see how things fit together here.

Strategy and architecture

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
Strategy and planningStrategic planning324
Information systems coordination72
Information management3111
Enterprise and business architecture412
Solution architecture224
Innovation252
Emerging technology monitoring161
Research1222
Demand management11
Investment appraisal22
Financial management14
Measurement112
Sustainability22
Continuity management13
Security and privacyInformation security1331
Information assurance21
Personal data protection31
Vulnerability research11
Threat intelligence21
Governance, risk and complianceGovernance21
Risk management1211
Audit12
Quality management111
Quality assurance12
Advice and guidanceConsultancy312
Specialist advice133
Methods and tools1141

Change and transformation

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
Change implementationPortfolio management11
Programme management11
Project management113
Portfolio, programme and project support11
Change analysisBusiness situation analysis12
Feasibility assessment11
Requirements definition and management1131
Business modelling112
Acceptance testing12
Change planningBusiness process improvement32
Organisational capability development11
Organisation design and implementation12
Organisational change management12
Benefits management2

Development and implementation

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
Systems developmentProduct management21
Systems development management21
Systems and software life cycle engineering2
Systems design114
Software design1114
Network design112
Hardware design112
Programming/software development2341
Systems integration and build21131
Testing11112
Software configuration212
Real-time/embedded systems development12
Safety engineering1
Safety assessment
Radio frequency engineering
Animation development
Data and analysisData management31
Data modelling and design32
Database design14
Data engineering11
Database administration21
Data science211
Machine learning1
Business intelligence31
Data visualisation13
User experienceUser research1
User experience analysis
User experience design
User experience evaluation
Content managementContent authoring11
Content publishing
Knowledge management2
Computational ScienceScientific modelling11
Numerical analysis11
High performance computing11

Relationships and engagement

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
Stakeholder managementSourcing11
Supplier management2
Contract management11
Relationship management112
Customer service support121
Business administration13
Sales and MarketingMarketing12
Selling21
Sales support2

Delivery and operation

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
Technology managementTechnology service management1
Application support211
IT infrastructure13
System software
Network support12
Systems installation and removal11
Configuration management11
Release and deployment2
Storage management1
Facilities management1
Service managementService level management11
Service catalogue management11
Availability management1
Capacity management1
Incident management21
Problem management21
Change control111
Asset management1
Service acceptance1
Security operationsSecurity operations111
Vulnerability assessment11
Digital forensics1
Penetration testing1

People and skills

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Level 7
People managementPerformance management2
Employee experience111
Organisational facilitation2
Professional development111
Workforce planning12
Resourcing3
Skills managementLearning and development management122
Learning design and development23
Learning delivery22
Competency assessment11
Certification scheme operation11
Teaching21
Subject formation12

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