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Ict research consultant

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Ict research advisor Ict research consultants Ict research specialist It research advisor It research consultant It research specialist

Ict research consultants perform targeted ict research and provide a final report to the client. They also use ict tools to design questionnaires for surveys, analyse the results, write reports, present the results and make recommendations based on the research findings.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Consulting with users to formulate and document requirements and with management to ensure agreement on systems principles;
(b) Identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices;
(c) Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices and system functionality and behaviour;
(d) Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans;
(e) Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers;
(f) Expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes;
(g) Coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility.

Knowledge

  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Database and network design and administration
  • Management and administration
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Library, information and archival studies

Digital competencies

  • Conducting academic or market research
  • Technical or academic writing
  • Developing solutions
  • Managing information
  • Collaborating and liaising

Digital competencies

  • Accessing and analysing digital data
  • Programming computer systems
  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data
  • Using digital tools for processing sound and images

Personal competencies

  • Thinking creatively and innovatively
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Dealing with problems
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Information and communications technology professionals

Software and applications developers and analysts

Systems analysts

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Higher education
  • Business Studies Bachelor
  • Industrial Technology Engineering Bachelor
  • Audiovisual communication Bachelor
  • Economy Bachelor
  • ICT Systems Engineering Bachelor

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Systems analysts

2.281

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

79,28%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

12,64% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

87,90%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

4,38%

Part-time contracts

1,02% Turnover index

520

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

16%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Information and communications technology professionals

72%

28%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Information and communications technology professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Software and applications developers and analysts

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Systems analysts

No experience
5%
Less than 1 year
48%
Between 1 and 2 years
5%
Between 2 and 4 years
17%
Between 4 and 8 years
11%
More than 8 years
14%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
34%
Information and communication
26%
Administrative and support service activities
11%
Other service activities
10%
Manufacturing
7%
Others
12%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.