ICT Professions

In Switzerland, barely anything works without IT anymore!

Approximately 240,000 people are employed in the field of information and communications technology (ICT). According to the Statista Research Department, the information technology and services sector accounted for three percent of total gross value added in Switzerland in 2021. Thanks to digitalization, the number of new, attractive jobs continues to grow and the job prospects for qualified IT specialists are extremely promising.

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Who is our website for?
The website is aimed at companies, HR departments, career, entry and guidance counseling services and professionals. You also benefit from a uniform basic professions description, ensuring transparency and comparability.
In this publication, the authors have focused only on the descriptions for relevant careers that have a practical meaning in computer science, telecommunications, organization and project management. Many of the professions and roles not listed in this publication can be derived from the basic professions described.
The competency model, divided into technical and methodological competencies, business and position-related competencies and personal competencies, meets a major need in ICT training.
Objectives of professions descriptions
From 1986 to 2017, “ICT Professions” was published periodically in book form. Since 2018, all information has been available in the online version. The website contains clear, comparable and practically applicable professions descriptions with professions requirements profiles for professions in information and communications technology. You can also find information on training and continuing education opportunities in Switzerland.
The swissICT annual salary survey is considered a standard work and is based on these professions descriptions. Like the ICT salary study, the job profiles are also available to companies and individuals, meaning swissICT is creating two indispensable tools for a transparent Swiss professional landscape in the field of information technology and services.
“ICT Professions ” has established itself as a generally accepted standard reference work in companies and administrations, among workers, job seekers, career counselors, employment agencies, training managers and examination organizations. It is now an essential part of the ICT industry in Switzerland.
The descriptions are increasingly used for training measures and as a guideline for examination concepts in the field of computer science. The Swiss Federal Statistical Office uses the vocational profiles to carry out ICT studies.

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Conversion from competence levels to levels
17. January 2025
The previous ‘competence levels’ are now called ‘levels’ to avoid confusion with the competence areas and to ensure simpler, clearer communication.
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ICT professions via API !
18. December 2024
Now it's possible! Connect your company system and receive the latest job profile data in your desired system environment. Find out more about the options here.
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Revision of synonyms
18. December 2024
Discover the revised job profiles and benefit from even more precise information for your planning and decision-making.
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Interpersonal task or not?
23. October 2024
As of today, all operational job profiles have been revised so that a distinction is now made between interpersonal and technical tasks.
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Careers in the ICT industry are the backbone of the digital transformation. They offer exciting career opportunities and the unique chance to transform the world of tomorrow with cloud and AI applications. Microsoft Switzerland promotes and supports talented people – the “ICT Professions ” book is an ideal reference book for our industry.
Catrin Hinkel
CEO Microsoft Switzerland
Promoting young talent within the IT industry is a no-brainer. I personally want to motivate young women in particular to prove themselves in the IT industry. There is hardly a more varied, faster-changing industry and the detailed documentation of the various tasks per job profile on this website shows this optimally.
Kathrin Kölbl
Head of Account & Service Management, Member of Executive Board, Abraxas Informatik AG
Do you want to become a railway worker or a pilot? Do you want to save the Amazon rainforest or understand what’s going on in the stock market? Or would you rather improve football match analysis skills? Or perhaps develop robots or save lives with cancer drugs? If these subjects excite you, then computer science may be, no, computer science is sure to be the thing for you.
Dr. Thomas Flatt
President swissICT
In addition to specialist qualifications, it is becoming increasingly important for young professionals to acquire key competencies for their individual career paths – including well-developed soft skills – and to plan their own educational and professional careers as early as possible. This is precisely why this publication is extremely useful.
Josef Widmer
Deputy Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

ICT Professions

Who is our website for?

Objectives of professions descriptions

Extract from the content

News and more

Conversion from competence levels to levels

ICT professions via API !

Revision of synonyms

Interpersonal task or not?

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