Career switch, measured
From Business Analyst to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 60% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Agile, SQL, Project management; the main skills to add are Budgeting, AWS, Sales, Customer success.
60%
skill overlap
243
open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillBusiness AnalystIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management68%67%
- Agile31%23%
- SQL35%19%
- Project management17%47%
- Process improvement21%20%
- Leadership34%55%
- Python14%20%
- Supply chain10%18%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Business Analyst ones.
SkillBusiness AnalystIT Project Manager
- Budgeting6%31%
- AWS6%30%
- Sales12%27%
- Customer success–20%
- Databricks–16%
- Risk management–15%
- Azure6%12%
- Product management6%12%
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