Career switch, measured
From Architect to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 52% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, Project management, AWS; the main skills to add are Sales, Agile, Process improvement, Python.
52%
skill overlap
243
open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillArchitectIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management38%67%
- Leadership51%55%
- Project management23%47%
- AWS23%30%
- Databricks10%16%
- Budgeting20%31%
- Azure22%12%
- LLMs17%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Architect ones.
SkillArchitectIT Project Manager
- Sales9%27%
- Agile8%23%
- Process improvement5%20%
- Python–20%
- Customer success–20%
- SQL8%19%
- Supply chain–18%
- Risk management5%15%
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