IT Professional Standards

Architecture, Analysis and Design

Business Change

Information Management and Security

IT Project Management

IT Service Management and Delivery

Solution Development and Implementation

Transferable Competencies

What are the standards?

  • A common, sector-wide terminology for describing IT professional disciplines
  • Developed by employers, professional bodies and e-skills UK
  • Provide the framework for more detailed specification by discipline and level, building on the IT National Occupational Standards (NOS)

More about standards and how to use them

How do the IT professional standards link to the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)?

The IT Professional Standards have been organised and aligned to the relevant SFIA skills and levels.

Access the standards aligned to SFIA