Career switch, measured
From Civil Engineer to Architect
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 39% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include CAD, Project management, Microsoft Office, Construction management; the main skills to add are Leadership, Stakeholder management, AWS, Azure.
39%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCivil EngineerArchitect
- CAD60%45%
- Project management21%23%
- Microsoft Office21%22%
- Construction management13%12%
- Budgeting22%20%
- Quality control15%16%
- Communication32%28%
- Training and coaching24%41%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Architect postings, rarely in Civil Engineer ones.
SkillCivil EngineerArchitect
- Leadership24%51%
- Stakeholder management9%38%
- AWS–23%
- Azure–22%
- LLMs–17%
- Google Cloud–15%
- CI/CD–14%
- Databricks–10%
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