Career switch, measured
From Architect to IT Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 51% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, Training and coaching, AWS; the main skills to add are Team management, Sales, Process improvement, Supply chain.
51%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillArchitectIT Manager
- Stakeholder management38%36%
- Leadership51%72%
- Training and coaching41%54%
- AWS23%33%
- Project management23%17%
- LLMs17%13%
- Azure22%10%
- Budgeting20%14%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Manager postings, rarely in Architect ones.
SkillArchitectIT Manager
- Team management–28%
- Sales9%21%
- Process improvement5%15%
- Supply chain–11%
- Troubleshooting5%11%
- Product management–11%
- Contract negotiation–10%
- Python–9%
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