Career switch, measured
From Cloud Engineer to DevOps Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 57% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Python; the main skills to add are Git, Linux, Troubleshooting, Docker.
57%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCloud EngineerDevOps Engineer
- AWS68%65%
- Azure36%35%
- Google Cloud27%31%
- Python33%62%
- Kubernetes16%71%
- CI/CD14%65%
- Java15%13%
- Terraform9%55%
Skills to add
Asked for often in DevOps Engineer postings, rarely in Cloud Engineer ones.
SkillCloud EngineerDevOps Engineer
- Git10%45%
- Linux8%40%
- Troubleshooting11%34%
- Docker6%33%
- Budgeting–17%
- Data visualization–17%
- Postgres–14%
- Network administration–11%
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