The e-CF was developed from an employer’s perspective by adding value to workplace competence articulation. The origins of the e-CF are grounded in a workplace environment and reflect workplace processes and organisational structures. Organisations seek to simplify structures and in recent years have commonly reduced career structures to the minimum. Five levels were identified that adequately covered the span of IT professional activities and reflected competences within IT professional roles. While the EQF levels 1 and 2 were not considered as they were lower than any IT professional activity, levels 4 and 5 were merged into one as in work practice the differentiation was not deemed relevant. The EQF is a qualification structure that reflects a broader population including pre-work students and therefore contains more levels. To enable a simple reference between the five levels of the e-CF and the eight levels of the EQF a matrix has been provided and can be viewed here.