Career switch, measured
From Cloud Engineer to IT Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 59% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Stakeholder management, Leadership, LLMs; the main skills to add are Team management, Project management, Budgeting, Regulatory compliance.
59%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCloud EngineerIT Manager
- AWS68%33%
- Stakeholder management41%36%
- Leadership47%72%
- LLMs26%13%
- Training and coaching24%54%
- Product management13%11%
- Azure36%10%
- Linux8%8%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Manager postings, rarely in Cloud Engineer ones.
SkillCloud EngineerIT Manager
- Team management–28%
- Project management–17%
- Budgeting–14%
- Regulatory compliance5%14%
- Auditing6%12%
- Supply chain–11%
- Contract negotiation–10%
- Data visualization–9%
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